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Specifically, stop cheating on Dappy under bridges where he can see you.

In this treacherous tale, Dappy is concerned that one of the many girls he spends the rest of N-Dubz' albums parring off and cheating on is going behind his back with a guy who is clearly not as hard as Dappy is.

Once again, Dappy is pissed that a woman he has feelings for snogged someone else under a bridge.

Tulisa was eleven years old when she formed N-Dubz with her older cousin Dappy and their mate Fazer.

This one is good because it makes Dappy look a right knob for missing the 'do unto others...' part of RE class.

On the other, "Girls" is the song that shows us that maybe Dappy acts like he does because he's been burned one too many times.

It is a song that reminds us that Dappy and Fazer don't always have to be little shits—they can make us feel good about ourselves too.

The MOBOs have grown some relevance again after some real wilderness years around the turn of the decade (Dappy covering The Killers, anyone?), and Section Boyz victory was testament.

He has now signed seven urban artists and plans to showcase their talent, alongside established acts like Krept & Konan and Dappy, at his Summer Crush festival in Barcelona this summer.

Mulder and Scully, Niles and Daphne, Dappy and Luisa Zissman—there are so many TV relationships that teetered on a will-they-won't-they dynamic that it's gone beyond a cliché to become the blueprint of a television relationship.

I don't know why this keeps happening to him or why he's always hanging around bridges by himself, but poor Dappy is so traumatized he appears of have put his durag on the wrong way before putting a snapback on top.

Each of them arrives in a different lavish mode of transport—a personalized helicopter for Dappy, a Yamaha R1 for Fazer, and a Lamborghini Gallardo SE for Tulisa—before hitting a club in Mayfair that looks like it's built inside an aquarium.

Ten years and three albums into their career, Dappy is hit by the realization that, actually, maybe if he stopped treating women like shit he might not reach the end of the day feeling like a used condom draped limply over a bin lid.

He doesn't understand why a woman would be kissing someone else under a bridge—you know, where most of us go for illicit affairs—when they could be tying him to a chair (which is presumably the only way you can keep Dappy from cheating on you).

And of course, while Cyberdog still holds its strange, distinctive place in alt-fashion and wide-eyed girls in their early twenties with pink suspenders and five-inch PVC platforms with thick dreads are still thrashing their way through a Dappy keychange, will cybergoth ever truly be dead?

This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. There are many reasons to appreciate the now-defunct musical trio and spiritual entity known as N-Dubz: Their introduction of the phrase "Na na naaaaaiii" into popular lexicon; the way Dappy pushed wonky hats with strings and half-shaved chin patches out from the confines of NW1; Tulisa, and everything that comes out her mouth, including that time she called La Roux a twat and told Noisey about her deep love of ancient Sumerian tablets.

The track has a vocal structure of intro - verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge - chorus - outro. The intro and outro use lines from the chorus where Dappy sings and ad-libs, the outro however combines ad-libs of both Dappy and Tulisa. The first verse and chorus is sung and rapped in call-response by Dappy. The second verse is sung in call-response by Tulisa, who then joins in on call-response with Dappy in the second and final choruses.

Throughout Tulisa's verses you see clips of her in a bedroom. You then see her and her boyfriend hold hands then notice someone. Next you see Dappy and Fazer outside as he raps his verse's. Dappy starts to flirt with a girl whilst her boyfriend fixes a car.

The music video premiered on T4 on 5 December 2010. The video begins with Dappy sitting on a throne, girls queue up two by two to kiss him. We see the group singing in front of lights throughout the video. The screen cuts to Dappy with a girl with snow falling on them.

The release of "Good Intentions" was confirmed by Dappy at T4 on the Beach. The song premièred on BBC Radio 1 Xtra on 29 July 2012. Dappy said of the song, that it is a little different from his previous released songs, and that in the song, he is speaking from the heart.

These rumours began circulating again in August 2011; however, Dappy insisted the band had not split, but were simply taking a break.Gritt, Emma (Tuesday, 13 September 2011). Dappy forced to retract claims N-Dubz will split within two years. Metro. As such, during the band's hiatus period, all three members decided to embark upon solo careers.

The first scene finds Dappy in a L.A. neighbourhood, showing two friends who have gotten into gang trouble and a troubled woman dealing with a breakdown of a marriage while also aspiring to be a Nurse Practitioner. The second scene finds Dappy in a boxing gym, where it shows a boxer training and preparing for a boxing world championship fight, before fellow N-Dubz bandmate Fazer makes a cameo appearance playing on the piano. The fourth and final scene builds up to Dappy concluding the video with a track key change alongside gospel choir backing singers on top of an L.A. skyscraper.

"No Regrets" is the debut solo single by British hip hop artist Dappy, taken as the lead single from his debut studio album, Bad Intentions. The song was produced by TMS and was written by Dappy, Ayak Thiik, and TMS. It was released in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2011. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Before the band's split, Dappy signed a contract with Takeover Entertainment Ltd that confirmed that if the band ever split or went on hiatus, he would continue as a solo artist. His first taste of solo stardom came as a guest artist on label-mate Tinchy Stryder's single "Spaceship", which was released in June 2011. While deciding upon his debut solo single, Dappy was contacted by Def Jam, asking him what he would like done with the demos of a track N-Dubz had recorded whilst under the label, which remained unreleased. Dappy decided to re-record the track, "No Regrets", and release it as his debut solo effort.

"Explode" featuring vocals from British grime rapper Dappy served as the fourth single from the album and reached number 29 in the UK and 27 in Ireland.

"Good Intentions" is the third official single to be released from British grime rapper Dappy's debut solo studio album, Bad Intentions. "Good Intentions" was released on 16 September 2012 as a digital download on the iTunes Store. The single was written by Dappy, and produced by Fraser T Smith. The single received its première when Dappy performed the song live at T4 on the Beach on 1 July 2012.

In an interview with Digital Spy, Dappy described the music video as being "Big and phat" and despite the director, Rage, being American, "It still feels very British".

This follows onto a call and response chorus between both Dappy and Tulisa. Verse two is led by Tulisa with Dappy in backing and the track is called-out with N-Dubz's signatures call-outs "It's N-Dubz N-Dubz, what ye, it's N-Dubz N-Dubz, two thousand and sexy naa naa nii" - rapped by Dappy and "Uh-oh uh-oh" sung by Tulisa. The song's general theme involves infidelity, a theme which is later followed on by the group's 2008 single "Ouch". The song, through its lyrics, tells a story about how a man discovers that after his girlfriend starts regularly giving him the cold shoulder that she's in fact cheating on him.

As a result, Dappy invited May for a guest stint on his second single, which co-incidentally was titled "Rockstar". "Rockstar" was released on 26 February 2012. On 29 February, Dappy revealed that the title of his album would be Bad Intentions, claiming that the album "is motivational music for people who believe they can't do nothing, a battle we have with our own mind." The album's third single was "Come with Me".

Costadinos Contostavlos, better known by his stage name Dappy, is the lead singer of hip hop/grime trio N-Dubz with his cousin Tulisa. Dappy entered the house on Day 1 handcuffed to Liz Jones. However, as part of the Launch Night twist, they were then released from each other but automatically faced the first eviction as a pair. He finished in second place behind Jim Davidson in the final on Day 27.

Elizabeth "Liz" Jones is a British journalist and newspaper columnist, who was a former editor of Marie Claire magazine. Jones is a regular columnist for the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday. On Day 1, Liz entered the house, being handcuffed to fellow housemate Dappy. Following the launch night's twist and task, she and Dappy were later free from their handcuffs, but both were therefore automatically nominated to face the first eviction.

As a result, Dappy has another new woman visit him and a romantic situation then occurs between the two of them as Shanikwa walks in on them with a response of anger. The second woman can also be seen slapping Dappy. In another scene, Tulisa can be seen singing whilst another man holds her. Tulisa also takes on a pair of black sunglasses later on, in the scene with her singing on the balcony.

He had a feud with N-Dubz over intellectual property rights citing emails of hooks he had sent Tulisa. N-Dubz members Tulisa and Dappy responded with foul-mouthed attacks.

From left to right: Dappy, Mr Hudson, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer. The video was shot by production company LUT! MED!A and director RAGE in Central London near Tower Bridge.

"Number 1" is a song composed by Tinchy Stryder featuring vocals from Dappy of N-Dubz, and co-written by Dappy, James Lavelle and Fraser T. Smith, who is responsible for the production, from Tinchy Stryder's second studio album, Catch 22. The song was released as a single on 20 April 2009 from Tinchy Stryder's studio album Catch 22 and a remix was later included on N-Dubz's second studio album, Against All Odds. The version released as a single and included on Catch 22 features verses by Dappy and Stryder only; however, the version that appears on Against All Odds features new verses by Tulisa and Fazer. "Number 1" topped the UK Singles Chart, a position it maintained for three weeks.

"I Need You" is a song performed, written and produced by MOBO Award-winning English hip hop trio, N-Dubz. The song was written by all the group members: Dappy, Fazer and Tulisa. Dappy and Fazer have been noted as the track's producers. Released through All Around The World on 9 November 2009, "I Need You" acted as the group's eighth official single as well as the lead single from their Platinum-certified second album, Against All Odds.

"Spaceship" is a single by recording artist Tinchy Stryder and hip hop vocalist Dappy. It was meant to be the first single released from his fourth studio album entitled, Full Tank but Full Tank was scrapped making it a non- album single. It was released on 12 June 2011 as a digital download. The single features vocals from Rapper/singer Dappy of N-Dubz, as well as uncredited back up vocals from Tulisa Contostavlos, also from N-Dubz.

MIGI Clothing (or MIGI) is a clothing company founded by Costadinos Contostavlos, known as Dappy in 2011. The company specializes in manufacturing and retailing men's, women's and kids' lifestyle and street wear.

At one point in the video it features Tinchy Stryder standing in front of a giant "Number 1". Towards the end it shows both Tinchy and Dappy with a background of stars.

After N-Dubz decided to take an indefinite break to begin work on solo projects, following their departure from American record label Def Jam, it was revealed that Dappy intended to pursue a solo career. He commented in an interview, "I want to do the unexpected and I want to break barriers." In the same interview, he insisted that he "wished to push his music style and motives in alternative directions."N-Dubz star Dappy has ‘big goals’ for his solo career. pressparty.com.

On 12 October 2017, Dappy released his second single under the PlayDirty management called "Spotlight" this song charted at 56 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, he released his single "Oh My" featuring fellow British rapper Ay Em. It peaked at 23 in the charts. He followed this up with the song "All We Know" which peaked at 64 and released an acoustic onto YouTube called "Count on Me". In 2019, Dappy collaborated with Tory Lanez releasing 'Not Today'.

Dappy appeared on the television show Never Mind the Buzzcocks on 29 November 2007, on Phill Jupitus' team, and wore a trademark "Dappy hat", also giving one to Simon Amstell to wear as part of the gag. Despite vowing he would not return to the show he appeared for a second time on the guest team on 4 December 2008 and for a third time, on Phill's team, which was broadcast on 18 November 2009. He is known to be a good friend of Chris Moyles and also gets on well with Tinchy Stryder after releasing a single together, called "Number 1". Dappy has made cameo appearances on K.I.G's "Head, Shoulders, Kneez and Toez" music video, Gracious K's "Migraine Skank" music video, and Chipmunk's "Chip Diddy Chip" music video, as one of Chipmunk's school friends.

Labrinth also performed at GFest in Preston on 8 September 2012 to celebrate Preston Guild 2012.Newsbeat – Dappy and Labrinth will headline G-Fest in Preston. BBC (2 August 2012). Retrieved on 12 September 2012.

Byron died on 12 April 2007. His father was from Cyprus, and his mother is from Sparta. Dappy and best friend Fazer started making beats together and coming up with lyrics, later asking Dappy's cousin, Tulisa (who was reluctant at first), to join the band and started to perform in and around Camden Town from the age of thirteen. At the time they were called the Lickle Rinsers Crew and went under the management of Dappy's father Byron, to whom Dappy was the "inspiration behind the band".

Costadinos Contostavlos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κοντόσταυλος; born 11 June 1987), better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is the lead singer of the Camden-based hip hop and grime trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa, and Fazer. He was known for his slightly unusual dress sense and his love for what he describes as "eye- catching headwear". His trademark was wearing a selection of woolly chullos (sometimes referred to as "Dappy hats"), turning up one or both of the ear- flaps of the hat.

Fazer raps the song's bridge. Ad-libs are sung throughout the song by Dappy with Tulisa contributing to the ad-libs in the final chorus. In an interview, Dappy described the song as being "up-tempo, fast, party music" as well as being "Up-to-date and about Facebook and stuff." The song lyrics follow a theme of infatuation and disappointment with each member describing their own personal experience of how they met someone they thought was 'The one' and how the person left before they were able to get the phone number.

The video features both Tinchy Stryder and Dappy but also has cameo appearances from Tulisa and Fazer. It begins with Tinchy Stryder holding a Star in the Hood necklace and then begins singing the opening credits, introducing himself and N-Dubz, with all members of N-Dubz beside him. The video continues with Tinchy Stryder and Dappy dancing in front of various backgrounds while Stryder has various outfit changes, including a red Adidas tracksuit. The video frequently cuts between scenes with both N-Dubz and Tinchy, two provocative female dancers and a string quartet.

The music video for "I Swear" premiered on YouTube on November 22, 2006. As of June 15, 2009 the music video has received over 5,251,172 YouTube views. The music video begins with Tulisa lying in bed and Dappy strolling around the neighbourhood during the song's intro. It then moves onto Dappy being tied to a chair being teased by a girl, correlating with the lyrics "I miss the time when you would tie me to a chair, tease me from the back of my neck up to my ear".

"I Swear" was written, produced and released by N-Dubz during 2006. With Jamior Edwards being credited as the track's co-producer. The general style of the song is an upbeat hip-hop backing combined with the soulful vocals of Tulisa and the intensive rapping of Dappy forming an original British hip-hop grime track which's style is reflected in the forthcoming album tracks and singles that appeared on N-Dubz's debut album "Uncle B". The song prominently features the two more common participants of N-Dubz in the singing and rapping of their songs: Tulisa and Dappy, with Fazer featuring as backing vocals and/or grunting throughout the song as well as in the final verse where he raps about how he caught his girlfriend cheating on him when he arrived home from tour. The first verse is rapped by Dappy with Tulisa in backing.

Concurrently, at the time of the recording, Dappy recorded a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You", entitled "Rock You", which appears on the deluxe edition of the album in the form of a Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. Both tracks feature instrumental performances from Brian May. In a press interview in April 2012, Dappy revealed that the album's third single was set to be called "Dare to Dream". The track was not released, and does not appear on the album, and it remains unknown whether the track was re-titled or removed from the album completely.

The discography of Dappy, a British singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor, consists of one studio album, and four singles. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based hip hop trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and Fazer.

Tinchy Stryder and Dappy in a scene in the music video for "Number 1". The music video was directed by Emil Nava and produced by Ben Pugh.Emil Nava joins up with Tinchy once more. somanistyle.com/news.php (OBE Management - Representing Creative Talent - Music Video Directors).

Subsequently, he revealed that the fourth single will be "Good Intentions", and if "Rockstar" peaks at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, he will enlist Barbadian singer Rihanna and British superstar Adele, who will both have vocal sections on the single. He claimed that Rihanna contacted him after she was impressed with a demo tape she had heard of his music. Dappy confirmed in September 2011, before the release of "Rockstar" and "Bad Intentions", that the album's final single will be a collaboration with The Wanted, which will be released towards the end of 2012.N-Dubz to split and Dappy to work with Rihanna .

In August 2011, it emerged that N-Dubz had parted company with record label Def Jam, stating that they were "Never going to co-operate with them when they decided to change what we are". With Tulisa taking up a role as a judge on series 8 of The X Factor and Dappy releasing his solo single "No Regrets", N-Dubz' gig on 18 September 2011 was described as "their final gig for the foreseeable future". In November, Tulisa confirmed that N-Dubz were undergoing a two-year hiatus as Dappy and herself pursued solo careers. A Greatest Hits album was released on 28 November 2011.

The lyrics were written by S4MM & Noizy. On August 27, 2020, Dappy, Noizy & Ay Em released the music video for "Expensive Touch", in collaboration with Term & Rvchet. On September 20, 2020, Dutchavelli released the music video for "Bando Diaries (Remix)", in collaboration with Onefour, Kekra, Noizy & Divine.

The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 36, making it his first Top 40 single. A music video was made for the single. It was uploaded to YouTube on 6 January 2011. Essien and two members of N-Dubz, Dappy and Fazer, appear in the video.

Fazer is the son of an English father and Jamaican mother, and was brought up in Camden Town, London. Fazer first met Dappy when they started attending the same karate class, becoming best friends at school. They attended Haverstock School,ROAR Global – Press Archive. Shalitglobal.com (17 January 2010).

References by Dappy include how he searched on Facebook for the woman he never got a phone number from. Tulisa's story includes how she wore a "LBD" and "Bang bang shoes" when leaving her date for a moment to go to the ladies bathroom at a club and on return discovering he left her without his phone number. Despite the lyric in the song referring to searching for someone you are in love with on Facebook, in an interview with Hollyoaks, Dappy said that that is not something he does: > If I want to get in touch with someone, I'll just ring them, man. A lot of > girls might be trying to find me on Facebook, but they won't.

Then we see Dappy lying down on a black square before a screen appears behind him with the message 'INCOMING MESSAGE' on it. He then gets up off the square and a hologram of a woman appears and he starts 'arguing' with it. Later on, a man walks down a corridor in the ship with a white jumper with 'N-Dubz' on the back then the scene skips back to Dappy arguing with the hologram before he lashes out on it causing it to disappear. It then skips to the corridor again where Tulisa is walking towards the camera and as the camera has a shot of Tulisa sideways, a man grabs her arm and pulls her towards him.

Digital Spy said of the video: "They have really upped their game and splashed the cash. One scene sees Dappy flying a personalised helicopter. He had to fly it himself with an instructor by his side and he was very nervous". The music video has received over 10,000,000 views on YouTube.

The music video was premiered by the All Around the World label on their website on 13 October 2008 and has since received over 14 million views on YouTube. It includes Dappy holding onto a door knob after falling through singing in the air, Fazer running away and Tulisa floating in mid-air.

Two days later on 10 September, supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Channel 4 presented Sainsbury's Super Saturday, a family event at Clapham Common. The event featured showcases of Paralympic sports, and a concert featuring pop music acts including Nicola Roberts, Olly Murs, The Wanted, Will Young, Pixie Lott, Dappy, Sugababes, The Saturdays, Chipmunk and Taio Cruz.

A music video for the track was filmed in Hawaii during July 2012. Dappy said of the single, "Hope you like it guys... Something a little different for ya... Just speaking from the heart...". The single peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Dappy's first single to chart outside the top 10.

You then see all three off them performing in an empty hall. Tulisa then waits at an empty bed until her boyfriend comes up, then you see Dappy enter a room which has the girl he likes in and the same with Fazer. Throughout the video the same house is used in all three situations.

"Girls" is a song by British hip hop group N-Dubz. It is the third overall single taken from their third studio album, Love.Live.Life. The single was released as a digital download on 12 December 2010. The song was produced by Jim Jonsin and written by Tulisa, Dappy and Fazer, Jim Jonsin, Danny Morris, and Zachary Steiner Anderson.

N-Dubz were a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consisted of members Dappy, Tulisa and Fazer. N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records. They had eight top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart, the most successful being "I Need You", which charted at number five.

The group filmed a 6-part documentary, Being... N-Dubz, which premiered on 21 June 2010 on 4Music, and was later renewed for a second series in 2011.Dappy: 'We bullied our way in' The Guardian. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011 After much speculation, it was confirmed that US label Def Jam signed the group.

The song then starts and features the three of them performing on a centered stage. A DJ is seen playing their album, Uncle B. Dappy stage dives into the crowd.Music Video Some shots of the video cut to black and white. The video continues with all members dancing on the stage with Tulisa the star of the video.

Clyde 1 used to hold an event called Clyde 1 Live at the SECC in Glasgow. The event included some of the many artists which are broadcast on the station, past events have featured Calvin Harris, Labrinth, Jessie J, Olly Murs, The Sugababes, Amelia Lily, Pixie Lott, Mcfly, Lawson, Cover Drive, Matt Cardle, Gary Barlow, John Newman, The Vamps and also Dappy.

Dappy is cousin to fellow band member Tulisa. He lives in St Albans with his girlfriend, Kaye Vassell, and their two sons, Gino and Milo. Born and raised in Camden Town, North London, Contostavlos grew up with his Greek parents, Byron Contostavlos and Zoi Agorou and older brother Spiros. His father had been a member of the group Mungo Jerry.

He revealed that he is a "massive" Arsenal fan when N-Dubz appeared on Live from Studio Five, gushing "it is an honour to sit next to you" to former Arsenal striker Ian Wright who was one of three hosts on the show. In May 2015, Dappy endorsed his manager Archie Lamb's father, Norman, in the Liberal Democrats leadership election.

Feva Las Vegas . Acharts.us. Retrieved 17 November 2007. Tulisa with fellow N-Dubz member Dappy in 2012 On 6 August 2008, it was announced that the group had left Polydor Records and had signed to All Around the World records. The press release stated that the label would be releasing "Ouch" as the group's first single on the label in September 2008.

"Best Behaviour" is a song by British hip hop group N-Dubz. The song was produced by Dino Contostavlos and Richard Rawson and co-written by Tula Contostavlos, Mr Hudson, Tony Dixon, Fazer and Dappy. It was released on 17 October 2010 as the second single from N-Dubz's third studio album, Love.Live.Life. Musically, the song is a R&B; ballad with prominent British hip hop characteristics.

The video premiered on British music television channels on 8 September 2010. An extended version of the video was later released. As of 14 October 2010, the music video had over a two million views on YouTube alone. From left to right: Fazer, Tulisa and Dappy exiting a private jet with Louis Vuitton luggage in the extended version of the music video for "Best Behaviour".

This scene is continuously in a call-and-response with the scene in the nightclub. In this Dappy wears a black hoodie underneath a white Adidas pullover and black sunglasses. Tulisa sports a new hairstyle from previous music videos, with straight hair and a fringe which is tied up in this scene. She is wearing tight black pants and a blue sweater over a white shirt.

Emma Willis returned to host the series, whilst Rylan Clark returned to present spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side along with Willis. The series was won by comedian and presenter Jim Davidson, with rapper Dappy as runner-up. Jasmine Waltz returned to the house for Celebrity Big Brother 19 as an All- Star, representing this series. She was third to be evicted.

Fazer sees two girls sitting down whilst doing work in the garden, he then goes over to one of the girls when her friend goes away. You then see Dappy and the girl kiss until the boyfriend sees them and makes him leave. When the girls friends come back Fazer retreats away from the girl. Tulisa's real boyfriend arrives and they hug as her other boyfriend leaves.

The music video for "So Alive" premiered on 19 November 2010 on YouTube. At most points of the video, both Skepta and N-Dubz are all shown rapping in a ring of fire and on top of a building. The video ends with Skepta slowly jumping off the building. Dappy and Fazer are also shown in front of red illuminated gates individually during their verses.

17 January 2013, 12:56 GMT Natasha Nanner "Having already supported N-Dubz frontman Dappy on his UK tour, Charlie Brown is tipped to be a singer we should all be watching out for this year and here he takes Reveal behind the scenes of his latest single, 'On My Way'." His single "On My Way" was released by All Around the World Productions.

With regard to the men in the group sharpening up their image, Fazer stated that their new look substantiates how he and Dappy are "trying to grow up" and shed their previous image of a tracksuit-wearing group of grime-pop rebels. Fraser McAlpine of the BBC Chart Blog positively reviewed the "glamorous" video saying he felt it was impressive how Peters used clothing to capture Dappy's fragile mental state.

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His on-screen love interest then dives into a swimming pool behind him and attempts to reach him through an aquarium-like diving glass wall. Dappy is seen wearing shorts, a vest, a high-school letterman-like jacket and shoes with no socks. His looks aims to portray a man sorely in need of someone in his life. Fazer has a dark ensemble on with a silk scarf hanging from his belt.

"I'm Coming (Tarzan, Pt. 2) – Single by Dappy – Download I'm Coming (Tarzan, Pt. 2) – Single on iTunes". iTunes Store. "Come with Me" with Margs, Dawood and Retro was originally to be released as the third single on 12 August 2012, however "Good Intentions" was released instead. To this date the video remains unreleased and the single was removed from purchase just days after release, and only charted at number 101 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was written by all the members of the group, and produced by members Dappy and Fazer. "I Need You" is a hip-house song that uses club synthesisers and sirens that were described by Digital Spy as "Hawkish." Among the influences in the song include: R&B;, pop, house and British hip hop. The track is composed in the key of A-minor with a tempo of 130 beats per minute.

The music video for the song shows Chipmunk at school with his friends, and one boy (John Farnworth) is performing keepie-uppie with a football. It also shows Chip counting A-grades from his GCSE results. It features Tim Westwood, Dino Contostavlos (Dappy from N-Dubz), Wretch 32 and Griminal as well as other British artists. The video also features actor Adam Deacon and artists JME, Griminal, Double S, Bashy and DJ Ironik as schoolchildren.

The music video was released on to YouTube on 21 May 2008 and it was directed by George Burt. As of 11 January 2009, Ouch has had over 10 million views. On 30 September 2008 an unedited version hit the popular video sharing site YouTube. The video begins with Dappy in a romantic setting with another woman whilst Tulisa is seen walking toward the house with a large suitcase after arriving from tour.

Her boyfriend and Tulisa then start pushing each other around out of frustration from the situation. Tulisa starts throwing house objects at Fazer, who wears numerous types of outfits throughout the music video. Dappy is also seen performing on a rooftop. In the next scene, Tulisa takes her bag and gets into the car and starts driving whilst Fazer is holding onto the car, upset, and trying to stop her from driving away.

The song includes many pop culture references to films such as The King's Speech, Back to the Future and The Italian Job. The track was originally recorded by N-Dubz, as part of their planned debut album in the United States with Def Jam. After parting ways with the label, Dappy decided to rerecord the song as a solo artist. The N-Dubz version was later featured on the group's compilation album, Greatest Hits.

Uncle B is the debut studio album released by British hip hop group N-Dubz. The album is dedicated to former N-Dubz manager and father of Dappy, Byron Contostavlos, who died shortly before the band were signed to their second record label All Around the World. It entered the official UK Albums Chart at number 11. On January 6, 2009, it was announced on the official All Around the World website that the album had gone platinum.

Dappy revealed that the lyrics "Gonna be on my best behaviour," and "How long before you save me baby" on the song were written with his girlfriend, Kaye Vassell, in mind. Speaking to British tabloid, Daily Star, Tulisa said that "Best Behaviour" is the most N-Dubz type song on the album. She said that Fazer's production on it allowed it to showcase the resemblance of previous singles he produced from the group's first two studio albums.

Loick Essien Interview with MTV MTV, Retrieved 4 February 2011. The second single to be released from the album, entitled "Stuttering" was released on 6 February 2011 and featured rap group N-Dubz, although only Dappy and Fazer appeared in the single's accompanying music video. The single marked Essien's top 40 debut, when it charted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.UK Singles Chart – Week Ending: 19 February 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 13 February 2011.

On Day 1, Jim and Linda became the first handcuffed couple to enter the house. Upon entering, they were immediately called to the diary room where Big Brother disclosed that after all housemates had entered in handcuffed pairs, they would have the power to unlock one couple including themselves. When it came to the moment, they chose Dappy and Liz. However, as they were chosen to be unlocked, they would automatically face the first public vote as a pair.

The beginning scenes show the N-Dubz logo in front of a black background then it shows a spaceship flying in space. The camera zooms into one of the windows on the spaceship where a man dressed in white goes past on some form of segway scooter. The next scene shows Dappy creating a floating screen with his hands and entering his name onto the screen. Tulisa and Fazer do the same in the next scenes.

Metro.co.uk mentioned "I Swear" as one of the stand-out tracks on Uncle B, describing it as an "indefility anthem with a clever touch". Ukmusic.com reviewed the single "I Swear" is set to ignite both underground and commercial radio alike. The track is very in your face with both Dappy and Fazer threatening the so-called 'cheater'. Tulisa however, neutralises "I Swear" with her melodic harmonies that overall make it a great tune to listen to.

Following N-Dubz's signing with hip hop label Def Jam Recordings in the United States, the group penned "Best Behaviour" especially for their stateside launch. It was written by N-Dubz in collaboration with Mr Hudson, and produced by Fazer and Dappy. The group had previously collaborated with Mr Hudson on their single "Playing with Fire" which won them a MOBO Award for 'Best Song'. During the recording of the song, a snippet was played during the second episode of Being... N-Dubz.

The music video portrays how the group has been squashed flat by a touring lifestyle. It illustrates the group looking so battered that they are not sure which way is up. The video involves a mournful disembarking from a private jet, lonely clattering around a house in the hills of Provence and wielding of Louis Vuitton luggage. In one scene, Dappy sings "When you gonna save me, baby?" while spreading his arms out wide and then crossing them over his chest.

Retrieved 17 November 2007. Each member appeared on the second series of Channel 4's Dubplate Drama after they began to get noticed as a group. After winning a MOBO Award for Best Newcomer the group signed to Polydor Records and re-released their first single "You Better Not Waste My Time" on the label, which debuted at No. 26 on the UK singles chart. In mid-2007, Dappy released "Love for my Slum" with fellow UK artist Baker Trouble.

Tula Paulinea Contostavlos (Greek: Τούλα Παυλίνα Κοντόσταυλου; born 13 July 1988), known professionally as Tulisa (Greek: Τουλίσα), is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. As a part of the R&B;/hip hopJon, [ Review: Love.Live.Life]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 15 May 2020. group N-Dubz with her cousin Dappy and friend Fazer, she gained two platinum- certified albums, two gold-certified albums, five MOBO awards, a Brit Award nomination, thirteen top 40 singles, six silver-certified singles, and three Urban Music Awards.

After two weeks at the summit, Kingston was dethroned by N-Dubz member-gone solo Dappy with the debut single "No Regrets". The single, which also topped the singles chart, spent three weeks at the summit; bringing Dappy's total to four weeks at the peak in 2011 alone. On 16 October, Gym Class Heroes debuted at number-one with the Adam Levine (of Maroon 5) assisted "Stereo Hearts". The single, which spent two weeks at the summit, also reached number-three on the singles chart.

Musically, "We Dance On" is an uptempo British hip hop, dance and R&B; song with a dance-orientated beat. "We Dance On" has a distinctly faster tempo than previous N-Dubz singles. The song opens with the Baroque- styled string section sample which transitions into Dappy saying the N-Dubz trademark line "Na-na-nai". Tulisa is the most prominent contributor to the vocals in the song, with her verse "Fox on a mission" being said by critics as one of the highlights in the track.

This scene flicks from the group shot to Dappy, to the group shot, to Tulisa then the group shot. We see a dark purple heart floating with a woman's hands near its sides. The woman looks down at the heart before the shot is back with N-Dubz. When it gets back to the woman with the heart, she moves her hands away from the heart, now we see N-Dubz together again, then we see the heart shatter in front of the woman sending her forward.

The music video for the track featured Tim Westwood and Dappy of N-Dubz, and was filmed at his old secondary school, Gladesmore Community School.Chip Diddy Chip music video was filmed in his secondary school After the release of the single, he announced his album would be titled, I Am Chipmunk. Following the release of "Diamond Rings" which featured guest vocals from Emeli Sandé. The song became Sandé's and Chipmunk's first top 10 hit, after it charted at #6 on the UK Singles Charts.

Bad Intentions is the debut solo studio album from British rapper, singer, and songwriter Dappy, released on 22 October 2012 via Takeover Entertainment Limited and Island Records. The album is Dappy's first studio material released since the split of his previous hip-hop band, N-Dubz. The release of the album was announced in July 2011. On 3 July 2012, the album was confirmed for release on 1 October, however, the album was later pushed back two weeks to 15 October before eventually being released on 22 October.

It peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, being held off the top spot by Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra. The track was written and recorded as a solo piece, and the collaboration with Brian May did not occur until several months later, when the guitarist favoured Dappy's material. The third single, "Good Intentions", was released on 16 September 2012. The release of the track was first confirmed by Dappy at T4 on the Beach. The track premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra on 8 August.

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a very positive review stating: > Fortunately, Dappy hasn't wandered too far away from what made his first cut > so successful. Head-bopping beats and lyrical word play detail the star's > turbulent relationship with the press ("If the Guardian's my angel, why's > The Sun burning holes in me?"). But what sets this apart from his previous > effort is May's rumbling guitar riffs which culminate in an electrifying > solo at the end. Given it's something few can resist, we're confident this > will be another bona fide smash. .

Tulisa and Dappy reprised their roles in the third and final series of the Channel 4 show Dubplate Drama. The story for the third series was mainly set around Laurissa's (Tulisa) relationship with her music manager and lead singer of an R&B; group while tackling a drug addiction to cocaine. Dubplate Drama finished with Laurissa kicking her addictions and leaving in a taxi for a new life with her child. N-Dubz appeared with other artists, including Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott, to record a charity song for War Child.

The video for the song emerged onto YouTube on 7 April 2009 on the All Around the World official page. The video for Wouldn't You which was produced by Luti Fagbenle and Directed by Ben Peters. The video starts with a car driving up to the house, then a man gets out and Tulisa gets out as well after images off Dappy and Fazer outside and Tulisa on the bed. You then see Tulisa get out of the car and walk through the front doors whilst the man gets her bags.

During the 2000s and 2010s, the bobble hat remains popular among many celebrities, Would you wear these trends? including American rapper Eminem and Dappy from British-Cypriot group N-Dubz.Dappy wearing beanie Santa Claus is often shown with a knitted cap or a sewn cap following the typical Scandinavian style knitted cap with a pom-pom, a trait he has inherited from the Germanic/Scandinavian tradition. The Scandinavian tomte is likewise usually depicted with a red knitted cap, such a cap is also used as a national symbol (sometimes negatively) in Norway.

The series featured appearances from a number of well-known British grime and hip-hop musicians, including Rodney P, Dappy, Tulisa, Fazer, Big Narstie and Tim Westwood. Aside from being shown on Channel 4, the series also aired on MTV Base and was made available on demand via social networking site MySpace. Despite a late-night timeslot, the first series, comprising six fifteen-minute episodes, earned a peak audience of 480,000 viewers and was critically well received. Across the course of the six-week broadcast, the series gathered a combined audience of 3.3 million viewers.

The music video was filmed in Los Angeles by director Benny Boom. It was first released onto YouTube on 5 August 2011, at a total length of four minutes and fourteen seconds. The video is split into four scenes. It sees Dappy name checking celebs, fictional film characters and even royalty in a number of topical references, he then proceeds with rhymes that come thick and fast backed with an athemic chorus laced with the kind of meaning that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

We then see each member of N-Dubz with their names on the screen, we then see Mr Hudson with "featuring Mr Hudson" on the screen, it uses Mr Hudson's official logo. The video cuts to N-Dubz and Mr Hudson performing in front of Tower Bridge throughout the video. Mr Hudson sings his verses in front of a set of telephone boxes. Dappy is then seen in an apartment cheating on his girlfriend and getting caught, his girlfriend walks out the room and is then seen crying.

Tulisa during a concert with N-Dubz in Pilton, the United Kingdom in June 2010 Dappy and Fazer, who had already started rapping together, decided they wanted a female voice in the group, which was called the Lickle Rinsers Crew at the time, and so invited Tulisa to be part of the group. They started performing together as a group around Camden from young ages. Performing as the Lickle Rinsers Crew, they released the singles "Bad Man Riddim" and "Life Is Getting Sicker by the Day", which became hits on pirate radio stations., Channelu.tv.

"No Regrets" was released as the album's lead single on 18 September 2011, peaking at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and #8 in Ireland. Dappy's N-Dubz bandmate, Fazer, makes a cameo appearance in the music video for the track, playing the piano in the bridge section. The track was originally recorded by N-Dubz, during recording sessions in America for their debut American release, but remained unreleased until Dappy released it as a solo track in September 2011. "Rockstar", a collaboration with Queen guitarist Brian May, was released as the album's second single on 26 February 2012.

Rage also directed the group's music video for previous single "Wouldn't You". The music video begins with the "N-Dubz" logo appearing onscreen. The group is then shown arriving at the (Battersea) London Heliport in an atmosphere of stormy weather. Dappy arrives in a personalized helicopter also with the N-Dubz logo on, Fazer arrives on a 2004 Yamaha R1 with race fairings, and Tulisa arrives in a white Lamborghini Gallardo SE. The three members then come together as a group and start performing the song at the Heliport in front of the modes of the transport they came in.

Fazer is seen wearing a black leather jacket lined in white on the bottom ends, black sunglasses and a black beanie. The group are then arrive together at the Vendome nightclub in Mayfair London and cuts back to the roof throughout the video. In this scene Dappy is seen wearing his characteristic headpiece, coloured in red for the video to contrast with its black-red colour theme, he wears a red hoodie that is striped with black lines. Tulisa is seen wearing a 'LBD' and 'bang bang shoes,' with her hair untied and made-up with red lipstick.

In one scene Dappy can be seen accessing Facebook to find his missing partner - contrasting with the song's lyric 'I've been searching all over Facebook but I can't seem to find you'. Tulisa in another scene can be seen taking a picture of herself and her partner with a mobile phone. Prominent flashing lights and neons are visible throughout the video, of which take on a red colour in the nightclub and a white colour on the rooftop and at the Heliport. The music video ends with the members walking away from the camera which then cuts to a view of city lights.

From this scene, which is repeated throughout the video in different ways, the video moves onto a scene under a bridge where a woman is kissing a man - correlating with the lyrics of Dappy's lines in the song. Furthermore, the scene then evolves into Dappy discovering the couple's secret at the scene of the crime, he is then angered by it and attacks the man. At the chorus of the song, the scene is shifted to in and around a city bridge. This is the setting for the majority of the video and mainly in the song's choruses.

The first single from the scrapped studio album entitled Full Tank is "Spaceship" and it features English singer and songwriter Dappy from N-Dubz. Stryder performed at the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final in support of the single, making him the first rapper in history to perform at a UEFA Champions League final. He teamed up with Scottish DJs and record producers Calvin Harris and Matt Burns, credited as 'BURNS', for the second single from the scrapped album, "Off the Record". On 3 November 2011 Stryder announced in an interview that his fourth album would be entitled; "Full Tank".

The appearance marked the singer's third R&B; number-one single, following collaborations with B.o.B and Travie McCoy – "Nothin' On You" (2010) and "Billionaire" (2010). On its third week at the peak, the single also topped the UK Singles Chart – the fourth number-one for Mars. Having spent five weeks at the peak, Bruno Mars was toppled from the number-one spot on 4 June by American singer Aloe Blacc with breakthrough single "I Need a Dollar". The single spent two consecutive weeks at the summit before the Tinchy Stryder and Dappy (of N-Dubz) collaboration "Spaceship" debuted at number-one on 19 June.

Akheim started rapping at the age of 13. After uploading videos to YouTube in 2010 PW began to attract more attention, with plays on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Choice FM and Capital. Akheim supported Dappy on his 2011 UK tours, as well as embarking on a solo school tour. In 2012, PW opened for Conor Maynard and Mindless Behavior on tour, and the video for his track 'Single' was playlisted on major music TV channels, as well as Channel 4's Freshly Squeezed and video of the week on Kiss TV. PW Also helps out with a road safety campaign called "One road, Many users".

The girl is seen holding a rose that is pure black before the scene shifts back to Fazer and his girlfriend. The shots snap from Fazer on his own back to him arguing then his girlfriend lets go of the black rose as it stays upright. Then we see Dappy with his arm around a woman as he sings, later the scene goes back to Tulisa and her boyfriend as she tries to get away from him but he keeps pulling her back. The next shot is with all of N-Dubz singing together with huge lights around them, similar to the single cover.

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating: > "This is my king's speech, I'm nowhere near the end," Dappy announces on the > opening line, proceeding to name-check no less than eight celeb mates over > electro-hip-hop beats and a stirring piano riff. The result is the Big Mac > of songs; you know it's no good for you, but it's thoroughly enjoyable > nonetheless, and combined with an impressive vocal showing, a gospel choir > and that key change that could put an X Factor winner's single to shame, > Dapz's dream of a number one hit seems closer than ever before. .

The band later revealed that they had reshot the video in London, not being satisfied with the first one. The original was later released as the "fan version" on Vevo. "I Found You" was released on 5 November 2012 as the album's second single. The band confirmed in September 2012 that the album would contain a number of collaborations, including tracks with Pitbull, LMFAO, Chris Brown, Rita Ora and Dappy. In November 2012, the band announced that the album had been pushed back from the original release of 3 December 2012 to February 2013 at their request; the reason stated for this delay was to perfect the album, and "tweak out a few insecurities involving certain tracks".

Whilst on Made in Chelsea, Locke came out as bisexual, and then later came out as gay. At about the same time he wrote a book called Laid in Chelsea, which spent eight weeks at number 3 of The Sunday Times Best Seller list. In January 2014, Locke became a housemate in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in third place behind Dappy and winner Jim Davidson. Locke has been seen on such shows as Celebrity Juice, Alan Carr's Chatty Man, The Jonathan Ross Show, Britain's Got More Talent, The Xtra Factor, Do The Dishes, the twelfth series of 8 Out of 10 Cats and the second series of Fake Reaction.

Penwith Community Radio began with pre-recorded podcasts, the first played on 26 January 2008. Live internet broadcasts began on 1 May 2009, with the breakfast show, presented by Steve West. "We had almost 22,000 hits on our website over the first few days of May, and I believe that about 5,000 people logged on to us at some time or other from as far afield as Australia" Julian Horner, the original station manager commented. Television and Radio presenter Lewis Nicholls worked at the station as the celebrity correspondent from 2009 to 2016 in which during that time he interviewed stars such as Kian Egan Eamonn Holmes Dappy Alexandra Burke Tinchy Stryder Paul Daniels and over 500 more stars were on the show.

It's got hawkish sirens and loads of clubby synths - evidently inspired by Fraser T Smith's production on the Tinchy album - but N-Dubz haven't lost their usual quirky charm, dropping in oh-so-relevant references to Facebook and LBDs (that's "little black dress", fellas). With an appeal that extends far beyond the back of the bus, 'I Need You' is – to borrow a word from the inimitable Dappy - probably best described as a "smasher"." Sarah-Louise James of the Daily Star reviewed the single as: "British hip-house at its fizziest." Alt- Uk.net reviewed the track: "I Need You is an absolute fun-packed single from N-Dubz, and whilst listening to this one it really is difficult not to start singing along.

Byron worked at a local barbers shop, putting all the money he had into equipment and resources for the band at their studio. However, Byron died on 12 April 2007 after a heart attack and N-Dubz wrote the song "Papa (Can You Hear Me?)", which was played at his funeral and became the group's second biggest hit at #19, and at #17 in the download charts. Dappy had the words "RIP Dad" tattooed on his neck and doesn't like to say his dad's name, instead referring to him as "B" or "Uncle B", which was also the name of N-Dubz's debut album. Before Byron died, he said he'd like their album to be called Against All Odds but, after his death, the group called their debut album Uncle B in tribute, with their second album being called Against All Odds.

"Off the Record" was written by Tinchy Stryder and the production trio TMS. TMS are the producers of Stryder's 2011 hit single "Spaceship" featuring Dappy, which reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, and Dappy's 2011 debut single "No Regrets", which topped the UK Singles Chart. The song was produced by the Three Six Zero Group duo of Calvin Harris and Matt Burns (credited as BURNS), in August 2011. When speaking about working with Calvin Harris and how they both came to work together on the song, Stryder stated in an interview with music journalist Kim Dawson of Daily Star newspaper: According to an interview with music journalist, Lina Bastidas of PopDash website on 3 November 2011, Stryder stated that the track's lyrics were inspired by his life currently feeling like he is on a rollercoaster, at the time of the song production.

Bad Intentions received mainly negative reviews from contemporary music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy felt that the two lead singles "have already proven themselves radio-friendly anthems. Big strings, ear-snagging choruses and the occasional bit of witty wordplay makes them the most listenable of the set", however "the bulk of Bad Intentions fails to appeal", rating the album 2 out of 5 stars. musicOMH's Tim Lee believed that the album "doesn't lack bravado" and compared Dappy's album to The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem, saying that "Dappy would love Bad Intentions to be considered in a similar vein [to The Marshall Mathers LP]" but "it misses out on replicating anything good from it" and "lacks wit, inventiveness and even the decency to stick to its cause". British newspaper Metro rated Bad Intentions 1 out of 5 stars, saying: "an inventory of violent sexism, hilariously inept arrhythmic rapping and r’n’b 'skits' that make Chris Moyles sound like Oscar Wilde", demeaning its "constant sexual braggadocio".

The documentary film follows footage filmed by Jessica Grace Mellor, an amateur director and photographer who filmed footage of the band during their early days in 2002, in an attempt to secure them a record deal with a major label. At the time, band members Dappy, Tulisa and Fazer were fourteen, thirteen and fifteen respectively, and had begun working with Garage producer Donna Dee, who helped them create some of their very first tracks, and perform some of their first gigs, and is the person who requested that Grace Mellor film some footage of the band. Footage included in the film includes the band working with Dappy's father and Tulisa's uncle, Byron, performing and mixing material in the studio, as well as interviews with some of the band's label colleagues and well known friends, including Wretch 32, J2K and Angel. The film concludes with a short discussion on the height of the British music industry, and how the band contributed to making the British hip-hop scene better known.