Dizzee Rascal - in pictures

Dizzee aged 10. Read our original five-star review of his debut album Boy In Da Corner, released in 2003. Photograph: Rex Features

Dizzee with producer Wiley. The latter founded the Roll Deep crew, and Dizzee was an early member. Bethnal Green, London, August 2002. Read more in an original article from the Observer. Photograph: David Tonge/Getty Images

Dizzee, aged 19, won the Mercury music prize for Boy In Da Corner in 2003. He talked to Alexis Petridis about his success. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Dizzee with Tim Smith, his old music teacher at his school in London's East End. Read what they had to say about each other in 2003. Photograph: Antonio Olmos for The Observer

Dizzee performs in Glasgow, 2004. Read our original review of his second album, released that year, Showtime. Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns

Dizzee poses for a photo shoot in 2007. He talked at the time to Ben Thompson about his album Maths & English and speaking at Oxford University. Photograph: Everynight Images/Rex Features

Dizzee posing for an Observer magazine shoot in 2009. He talked to Tim Adams about Jeremy Paxman and his album Tongue N Cheek. Photograph: Ellis Parrinder for The Observer

Dizzee works out in the ring, 2010. In an interview with Simon Hattenstone, he talked about getting fit, and getting nominated for the Mercury prize again. Photograph: Desmond Muckian for The Guardian

Dizzee plays at Glastonbury, 2010. Read a review and a revealing Q&A in which he talks about being one of the artists of the previous decade. Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Dizzee this year - backstage at the Capital FM Summertime Ball in London, on 9 June. Later this year he is scheduled to release a fifth album. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images