A singular figure in grime who cut his own road through the scene, Dot Rotten had a brief dalliance with mainstream sounds, but was always committed to the underground. A multifaced talent, the artist born Joseph Daniel Ellis-Stevenson, could handle introspective and intricate storytelling, and tackle diss tracks with the fearlessness and sportsmanship that grime demanded. He was also an influential producer, making instrumentals under the name Zeph Ellis.
NTS selects an hour of tracks from the sadly passed grime MC and producer Dot Rotten.
A singular figure in grime who cut his own road through the scene, Dot Rotten had a brief dalliance with mainstream sounds, but was always committed to the underground. A multifaced talent, the artist born Joseph Daniel Ellis-Stevenson, could handle introspective and intricate storytelling, and tackle diss tracks with the fearlessness and sportsmanship that grime demanded. He was also an influential producer, making instrumentals under the name Zeph Ellis.
NTS selects an hour of tracks from the sadly passed grime MC and producer Dot Rotten.