A more inappropriate choice is impossible to imagine, and Schools Secretary Ed Balls, who praised the group as 'great ambassadors' for the initiative now has so much egg on his face you'd think he'd been dipped in a vat of Advocaat.
Just to recap, the group recently guested on Chris Moyles' (or Chris 'Moyels' according to Dappy in a damning indictment on the state of Camden's schools system,) Radio 1 show. During the interview, one Chloe Moody, (or Klowee Moodee in Dappy-ese,) texted in to brand N-Dubz 'losers' and to say she found Dappy 'repulsive', Clearly a girl with not only taste, but also razor-sharp eyesight.
Dappy, however, disagreed. In an act unbefitting of a mature, accomplished, successful recording artist - but entirely appropriate for a scraggy little council estate chav - surreptitiously took down the caller's number, then proceeded to text her, telling her, creatively, poetically, 'ur gonna die.'
We have to assume that a reasonable amount of time passed between the radio interview and Dappy getting to a point where he could send the text. Ample time, you might think, for any reasonable person to calm down, get over it and reflect that, not only is life too short, but that a recording artist with a British number one single to their name, (a further tragic reminder that this country's 'urban' music scene is completely, utterly and irreversibly fucked,) really should be beyond such immature behaviour. But that's not the best bit. He then called on a later occasion to repeat the threat in person!
They say a leopard doesn't change its spots. It seems the same is true of tragic little wannabee bad boys, particularly those with a dress sense that warrants not only an entire episode but an entire season of 'What Not To Wear.'
(Incidentally, Dappy's real surname turns out to be Contostavlos. A spelling mistake in the first syllable, surely?)
Dappy, take the hoof. This ones for da yoot dem.
