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N-Dubz front man Dappy spat in girl's face
By Mark Blunden, London Lite Last updated at 13:23pm on 11.09.09Chart-topping rapper Dappy has a secret assault conviction for spitting in a girl's face during a drunken brawl, it was revealed today.
The N-Dubz front man, 22, has kept quiet about his fight with two women, which happened at a hostel after a boozy night out.
Rap sheet: Costas Contostavlos got a suspended jail sentence
Dappy, real name Costas Contostavlos, had been drinking with a female fan and was asked back to her temporary accommodation in Chelmsford, Essex.
After heated words with the two women at the hostel, one spat in his face and the platinum-selling artist, who scored a summer hit with Tinchy Stryder, responded by doing the same.
They called the police and brought charges against the rapper, which were heard at Chelmsford magistrates court in December.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and received four weeks' in jail, suspended for 12 months, and 100 hours community service, to run concurrently, plus £50 compensation and £300 costs.
News of his conviction comes just days after Dappy, who claims to promote “positivity”, was revealed to have recorded a music video glorifying gun crime two years before he joined N-Dubz. The track, called Babylon Fi Get Shot, was recorded with a fellow rapper called Face Killa and featured references to extreme violence. The title means roughly: “Police to get shot”.
But Dappy has distanced himself from the track, saying it is something he regrets. He said: “I was young and dumb, and I've grown up a lot since then. I'm an adult now and turned my back on those views a long time ago as they are wrong.
Doing the job I do now has made me realise you don't have to hate the police and be negative about them. N-Dubz are all about positivity.”
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Reader views (8)
thats unfair how come when she spitts in her face nothing happens but when he does it he gets arrested so unfair he should of punched her
- Jay-Cee, london
shut up man, everyone makes mistakes, and he is probably oneof the hottest men on this earth! leave dappy alone hes doing good now, i bet there guna be the number on band in the uk! n-dubz are the best, il support them until the day i die! x3
- Ashley, newcastle, england
Please....That girl deserved that im sorry if i spat in someones face which i wouldn't do as it isnt LADYLIKE! I would of been waiting for a far more worse response to that,He did the discent thing to defend himself from that vile disgusting asault! So why don't you people all look at it from his veiw
- Jaz, Luton england
'Dappy' looks a right muppet in that hat . i would stick to being 'costas' if i was him...................
- Kh, London UK
NDubz? Please, really, who cares?? Where were they during the MTV VMA's last night... nowhere because they are nobodies!
- Dan O., London
reading the article this "trouble" seems to be in his past? i know i am now against things i did when i was young, thats not called hypocrisy its called growing up...leave him alone, people can change.
- Daveb, london,
What a lemon..awful music and he thinks he is from south central l.a
joker
- Rsaviour, lonodn england
This fool is just like the idiot on X factor who spoke out against the use of knives, and then a minute later started threatening everybody. Mad or what !
- Keith Price, Luton England
