Dot Rotten, the musician, rapper, and one of grime music’s pioneers, has died, his family confirmed to BBC. Throughout a career of spent laying emotionally bare hooks over harsh beats, the English artist collaborated with some of the biggest names in the electronic underground on through to pop giants, including Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Cher Lloyd, and D Double E. He was 37. Born Joseph Ellis in 1988 in the Stockwell neighborhood of London, England, the musician worked steadily to become a well-known MC and producer in his country’s grime scene, with Dot Rotten serving as an acronym for Dirty on Tracks, Righteous Opinions Told to Educate Nubians. Although his best-known Dot Rotten features were Sheeran’s “Goodbye to You” and Lloyd’s “Dub on the Track,” Ellis spent time coming up in the underground and championing it for the rest of his life, be it on Rinse FM or SB:TV.…