Plenty of people are pretending this morning that they actually knew who Dave was the day before yesterday.
The Streatham rapper made headlines at the Brits last night for calling Boris Johnson ‘a real racist’ during a performance of his song ‘Black’. Suddenly, he’s the toast of Twitter, liberal-lefties and assorted other Boris-loathers, who eagerly shared clips of the performance.
Following the huge success of his debut album, Psychodrama, which won album of the year last night, Dave, it seems, has achieved a kind of crossover success – he’s cracked the Guardianista market.
Rappers and pop stars used to be relied upon to transgress, now they just repeat Radio 4 talking points
But among other standout Brits moments – like the bloke from Chumbawamba pouring ice-cold water on John Prescott or Jarvis Cocker pretending to moon Michael Jackson – this was actually pretty dull and predictable.
‘Black’, a song about racism, black pride and black pain, has been out for a year.
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