Dizzee Rascal Picture: Getty Images)

Just a day after Wiley revealed it was his fault that Dizzee Rascal was stabbed in 2002, Dizzee has hit back, claiming Wiley is just trying to create hype for his new projects.

‘I understand people need to create hype for their events but they need to be a bit more careful about what they write,’ tweeted Dizzee on Wednesday morning.

‘I don’t Blame Wiley for me being stabbed and this whole thing is to promote Culture Clash and that’s fine good luck.’

I understand people need to create hype for their events but they need to be a bit more careful about what they write. — Dizzee Rascal (@DizzeeRascal) June 15, 2016

I don't Blame Wiley for me being stabbed and this whole thing is to promote Culture Clash and that's fine good luck. — Dizzee Rascal (@DizzeeRascal) June 15, 2016

But he was quick to add that he was ‘tired’ of the truth being changed to fit other people’s narratives, and concluded that he just wanted to be left alone to be a ‘pop star’.




Wiley is performing at the Red Bull Culture Clash this weekend, and told Time Out magazine that he was to blame for Dizzee’s stabbing on the isle of Ayia Napa in 2002 because he went looking for another fight the morning after their crew got in to it with some locals.

I'm tired of people trying to manipulate the truth. All I know is nobody wants any violence in 2016 so just let me be a "Pop star". — Dizzee Rascal (@DizzeeRascal) June 15, 2016

‘Well, after we started it up again, those guys came looking for us,’ said Wiley.

‘But the person they found was Dizzee. The thing we done the next morning led them to go looking for us, but see him and stab him.’

Dizzee Rascal with Wiley in Bethnal Green, London, August 2002 (Picture: David Tonge/Getty Images)

The pair were both part of the Roll Deep Crew who spearheaded grime music across London in the early 2000s. They parted ways after the holiday and instead took to their music to share their grief and gripes.

Wiley's full explanation Okay, basically, me and Dizzee went out one night [in Ayia Napa] and there was some fighting with another crew – I won’t say who, but basically everyone knows. Then the next day, I decided to carry it on – I didn’t pull out a knife. I was just fighting. Me and another guy went looking for them again. Dizzee just rode off, because in his head, he’s probably thinking: ‘What the f**k are you doing? That was last night! It’s just gonna carry on!’ Well, after we started it up again, those guys came looking for us. But the person they found was Dizzee. The thing we done the next morning led them to go looking for us, but see him and stab him.

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