Dot Rotten

One of several grime artists to benefit from the mainstream breakthrough of Dizzee, Tinie, and Tinchy, South London MC Dot Rotten spent years building up a name for himself on the underground scene before working with everyone from X-Factor finalists to Brit Award-winning singer/songwriters. Born Joseph Ellis in Stockwell, he first started rapping and making his own music on an Atari system at age seven, and inspired by artists as eclectic as Bob Marley, Timbaland, and Sting, went on to release his first mixtape, entitled This Is the Beginning, in 2007. A year later, he change...