Rowan Alexander Sawday, better known by his stage name Dizraeli, is a British rapper, poet and musician from Bristol, England.
11 Facts About Dizraeli
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In 2019 Dizraeli publicly talked about struggling with mental health issues for around a year around 2017 for which he received therapy.
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Dizraeli was born Rowan Alexander Sawday on 26 August 1982, to the travel publisher and ecological campaigner Alastair Sawday and Mary Sawday.
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Dizraeli attended a comprehensive school in North Somerset, and was bullied there.
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Dizraeli is bisexual and was aware of this growing up, and came out to a crowd of 4,000 people.
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Dizraeli spent a period studying West African music in Senegal.
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Dizraeli has performed at the Glastonbury Festival, the Latitude Festival, the Eden Project, and the Royal Festival Hall.
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Dizraeli has won both the Farrago UK Slam Championships and the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam, and written several hip-hop plays including Rebel Cell, with Baba Brinkman.
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In 2016 Dizraeli released his EP "Eat My Camera" and continued to tour as a solo artist.
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Dizraeli once vowed never to fly again, only to get work in Cairo, and therefore traveled there over land.
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Dizraeli won both the Farrago UK Slam Championships and the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam.