Dappy Write-Up

Dappy, real name Constodinos Constavlos, is a singer-songwriter from Camden, United Kingdom. Focusing around the genres of Grime, Rap, and Hip Hop, Dappy has been performing musically since the age of 13 as part of UK based act ‘N-Dubz’ alongside best friend Fazer, and Cousin Tulisa. N-Dubz have become a prominent name within the UK music scene racking up 8 top 40 hits, and releasing  3 albums to date, ‘Uncle B’, ‘Against All Odds’ and ‘Love.Live.Life’, all of which are now certified with Platinum selling status. Throughout his career, Dappy has been a consistent source of controversy, from drug use, abusive phone calls to being removed from a flight for being disorderly. Controversy has also been an extensive feature of Dappy’s song writing, often being martyred by critics and various charities for his outlook on life and various situations, which they feel that the topics being portrayed in his lyrics are ‘glorifying thug culture’. In early 2011, N-Dubz decided to take a break from their group ambitions, and launch solo ventures. Dappy’s solo career began by signing to management company ‘Takeover Entertainment Ltd.’ He then released his first solo single ‘No Regrets’, which debuted at Number 1 in the UK, and is set to be the title single of his first solo album ‘No Regrets’, set to be released in early 2012. In a recent media interview, Dappy said that, in going solo, he planned to aim his music at an older audience, indirectly referring to N-Dubz early teen dominated fan-base. This artist has shown his appeal to his new projected audience, and his old fan-base, by combining his old style of lyric-writing, with a thoughtful outlook on life.