Garage star Dizzee Rascal's album, 'Boy In Da Corner', has won the 2003 Mercury Music Prize.
The up-and-coming star took the £20,000 award for his debut album.
The hot favourites had been The Darkness.
Rascal, whose real name is Dylan Mills, is from East London. He was expelled from school four times, and writes about his early life on the prize-winning album.
Explaining his stage name, he said: "My teachers all called me rascal. That's who I always was. It's my character. I'm a rascal."
Other acts on the short list this year included Coldplay, Radiohead, Lemon Jelly and The Thrills.
Dizzee collected his prize from last year's winner, Ms Dynamite.
