D Double E has been active for over 20 years, beginning his career in
jungle and
UK garage music. In the mid-1990s, he was a DJ and went by the name DJ Dan. D Double was at the time in a crew called Bass Inject, alongside
Terror Danjah and DJ Tempo. In 1998, Terror and D Double E went on to form the
drum and bass collective the
Reckless Crew which played sets on
Rinse FM. RWD, He later formed M.A.D., short for Monkey, Alley and D Double E, and joined 187 Crew, alongside Hitman Hyper,
Jammer, Leon B and Ebony J. After the disbandment of 187, he joined early grime collective
N.A.S.T.Y Crew, until leaving after a dispute in December 2003. He then founded the group
Newham Generals together with Monkstar and Footsie. The group remains active as a duo consisting of D Double E and Footsie. He and the Newham Generals signed to
Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee Stank label. As a solo artist, D Double E's releases include "Street Fighter Riddim", "Bluku, Bluku", "Bad 2 tha Bone", "Lovely Jubbly", and "Wolly". He is known for using vocalisations such as "bud-a-bup-bup" and "it's mree, mree". Fellow MC
Skepta once named him as the "greatest of all time", and
Dizzee Rascal said he was one of the artists who inspired him to start
MCing. marking the first time the
grime music genre was used in seasonal advertising. ==Personal life==