Rapper Dizzee Rascal Kicks Off Bing.com Photography Competition

Dizzee Rascal wants to blur the lines between hip hop and photography. The rapper and record producer is the face-behind-the-lens of a new competition from Bing.com that will feature an exclusive photo from Rascal of his native London every day this week. Rascal, whose real name is Dylan Kwabena Arthur Mills, will have one of his photographs of London landmarks — which include the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, London’s East End and the Olympic Stadium — published on Bing every day this week as part of a competition that aims to collect the very best in London photography. He will also serve on the panel of judges for the ‘Your London’ photography competition. Categories in the contest include My Local Britain, My Natural Britain, My Britain at Night and My Urban Britain. The winner will receive a £10,000 ($16,000) prize and will have their image featured on the website for 24 hours later this summer. For Rascal, the competition allows people to get out and see what makes their country such an amazing place. “This is a great opportunity to visualize what you see as beautiful about Britain,” he said. But the opportunity is also a chance for Rascal himself to work on his photography skills. “I bought a big camera so that I can take proper pictures,” he said. “It’s a shame to waste a lot of the amazing things I’ve seen.”