Tinie Tempah and Dumi Oburota: 'There's no platform for young grime artists today'

Patrick Okogwu was 14 when Dizzee Rascal won the Mercury Music Prize.

The teenager had already begun to experiment with his own attempts at hip-hop before this seismic cultural moment; idolising and emulating kings of the US scene such as Jay Z and Nas - and pinching a few tricks from them along the way.

But on that day in September, 2003 – when Dizzee beat favourites The Darkness to the coveted gong, as well as indie rock royalty Coldplay ...

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