Dot Rotten dead: Rapper dies aged 37 as heartbroken tributes pour in
A top rap star has died aged 37. The family of Dot Rotten has confirmed that the musician has died, but no details about his death have emerged.
It's understood that he had died in Gambia. Born Joseph Ellis in Stockwell, London, the musician worked with the likes of Chip and D Double E, Cher Lloyd and Ed Sheeran.
He worked with Ed and landed a top 20 hit in 2012 with single Overload, inspired by his experiences with "a major depression".
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"The whole song was free-styled, I didn't write one word for it," he told Distract TV.
"It's not the song I wanted to come out with, but it's done a lot and I appreciate all of the feedback I've been getting from it."
In recent years, the artist preferred to work in the recording studio, producing tracks for artists like Kano and AJ Tracey under the name Zeph Ellis.
Joseph started rapping and making his own music at the age of seven, going on to release his first mixtape, This Is the Beginning, in 2007, under the name Young Dot.
He then changed his stage name to Dot Rotten, which was an acronym for "Dirty on Tracks, Righteous Opinions Told to Educate Nubians", with a cheeky nod to June Brown's EastEnders character, Dot Cotton.
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