# Dan Bull

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{{Short description|British rapper and songwriter (born 1986)}}
{{About|the British rapper and songwriter|the Australian politician|Dan Bull (politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dan Bull
| image             = Dan Bull 2012 (cropped).jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Bull in a YouTube video in 2012
| birth_name        = Daniel George L. Bull
| alias             = Douglby
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1986|03|27}}
| birth_place       = [Bromsgrove](/source/Bromsgrove), Worcestershire, England
| genre             = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)<!--Do not add subgenres to this Infobox. Subgenres may be found in album infoboxes.-->
| occupation        = {{Hlist
| [Rapper](/source/Rapper)
| [songwriter](/source/songwriter)
| [gamer](/source/gamer)
}}
| instrument        = {{Hlist
| Vocals
| guitar
| keyboards
}}
| years_active      = <!-- correct format according to MOS:OTHERDATE. do not change this -->2006–present
| website           = {{Official URL}}
| module            = {{Infobox youtuber
| child = yes
| youtube_handle        = danbull
| youtube_display_name  = 
| youtube_years_active  = 2006–present
| youtube_genre         = Music
| youtube_subscribers   = 3.34 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->
| youtube_views         = 1.24 billion<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->
| stats_update        = 9 March 2026
}}
}}
'''Daniel George L. Bull''' (born 27 March 1986) is a [British rapper](/source/British_hip_hop) and [songwriter](/source/songwriter) known best for his songs about [video games](/source/video_games), which he publishes on his [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel.

==Biography==
Daniel George L. Bull<ref name="Name">{{Cite tweet |number=781442813275803648 |user=itsDanBull |title=Three generations of George Bull. Richard G Bull, 1946 Daniel G L Bull, 1986 George R Bull, 2016 Photography by @yoohoophotos |access-date=2023-01-23 |language=en}}</ref> was born on 27 March<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1110694966400032769 |user=itsDanBull |title=I've spent the day talking about how I think small creators are threatened by copyright laws such as Article 13.<br>However, I'm also making some serious plans to help bring more real world opportunities to upcoming creators. Announcement vid coming soon!<br>PS it's my birthday! |access-date=2025-06-24 |language=en}}</ref> 1986,<ref name="Name" /> in [Bromsgrove](/source/Bromsgrove), Worcestershire, England.<ref>{{cite web |title=laut.de biography Dan Bull |url=https://laut.de/Dan-Bull |website=laut.de |access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref>

Bull has released songs on subjects such as YouTube issues, digital rights, the music industry, and gaming.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.excite.co.uk/dan-bull-pens-letter-to-lily-allen-N7892.html |title=Dan Bull pens letter to Lily Allen |website=Excite UK |date=28 September 2009 |accessdate=20 December 2011 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420230111/http://music.excite.co.uk/dan-bull-pens-letter-to-lily-allen-N7892.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Ivan |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=274479 |title=News: Want a new Elder Scrolls? So does this UK rapper |publisher=ComputerAndVideoGames.com |date=8 November 2010 |accessdate=20 December 2011 |archive-date=10 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110031605/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=274479 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Gonz">{{cite web|url=https://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/07/04/thecraftygamer-dan-bull-history.aspx|title=The[Crafty]Gamer: Dan Bull (Generation Gaming Rap)|last=Gonzalez|first=Annette|date=4 July 2010|publisher=Gameinformer|access-date=8 December 2010|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232659/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/07/04/thecraftygamer-dan-bull-history.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Bull's actions have gained attention, specifically from the [TalkTalk Group](/source/TalkTalk_Group), who requested to team up with him against the [Digital Economy Bill](/source/Digital_Economy_Act_2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cable.co.uk/news/talktalk-gets-musical-with-digital-economy-bill-opposition-19669149/|title=TalkTalk gets musical with digital economy bill opposition|date=15 March 2010|accessdate=8 December 2010|archive-date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722195947/http://www.cable.co.uk/news/talktalk-gets-musical-with-digital-economy-bill-opposition-19669149/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bull's music was featured in the British press as part of attempts to save [BBC Radio 6](/source/BBC_Radio_6),<ref name="GuardianBBC6">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Matthew |date=3 March 2010 |title=BBC 6 Music: fans and stars join growing protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/03/bbc-6-music-protest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222026/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/03/bbc-6-music-protest |archive-date=27 March 2019 |accessdate=8 December 2010 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}</ref><ref name="Ridiculant">{{cite news |title=Dan Bull adds a musical touch to the Save 6Music & the Asian Network campaign |url=http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2010/03/dan-bull-adds-a-musical-touch-to-the-save-6music-the-asian-network-campaign.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724082141/http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2010/03/dan-bull-adds-a-musical-touch-to-the-save-6music-the-asian-network-campaign.html |archive-date=24 July 2018 |accessdate=8 December 2010 |work=[Metro](/source/Metro_(British_newspaper)) |location=London}}</ref> campaign against the [Digital Economy Bill](/source/Digital_Economy_Act_2010),<ref>{{cite news |last=Garlick |first=Hattie |date=26 November 2009 |title=Peter Mandelson and the Digital Economy Bill: the musical |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2009/11/peter-mandelson-and-the-digital-economy-bill-the-musical.html |accessdate=8 December 2010 |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times)}}{{Dead link|date=July 2011}}</ref> and protest in favour of [filesharing](/source/filesharing).<ref>{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=28 September 2009 |title=A letter to Lily |url=http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/09/a-letter-to-lily.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106034828/http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/09/a-letter-to-lily.html |archive-date=6 November 2016 |accessdate=20 December 2011 |website=The Ridiculant}}</ref> He was diagnosed with [Asperger syndrome](/source/Asperger_syndrome),<ref>{{Citation |title=A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTIST {{!}} Dan Bull |date=23 April 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lxi8ZU1sJ8 |access-date=2023-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318205409/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lxi8ZU1sJ8 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> which is referenced in some of his songs, such as "A Portrait of the Autist".

Bull creates gaming raps, ranging with the [subgenre](/source/genre)s [nerdcore](/source/nerdcore), [political](/source/political_hip_hop), and [comedy hip hop](/source/comedy_hip_hop). He was briefly partnered with [Machinima](/source/Machinima.com); however, due to a dispute, he now uploads videos independently.<ref name="Dan Bull mini-self biography">{{cite web|last=Bull|first=Daniel|title=About Dan Bull|url=http://itsdanbull.com/about/|work=itsdanbull.com|publisher=Daniel Bull|accessdate=22 January 2024|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321004713/https://itsdanbull.com/about|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Bull's album ''Face'' was released in December 2011. The 12-track album includes ten brand new songs as well as the 2010 tracks "America" and "[John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon)". The album focuses on topics such as medical recovery, war, love, [autism](/source/autism), alcoholism, and pride.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://itsdanbull.com/faq |title=FAQ |publisher=itsdanbull.com |accessdate=20 December 2011 |archive-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230232853/http://itsdanbull.com/faq/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 March 2015, he released his fourth album, ''Bullmatic''. It is Bull's re-imagining of [Nas](/source/Nas)' classic 1994 album ''[Illmatic](/source/Illmatic)'': for example, Nas' "N.Y. State of Mind" is re-imagined as "U.K. State of Mind".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bull |first1=Dan |url=http://itsdanbull.com/discography/bullmatic-2015/ |title=Bullmatic (2015) |publisher=Itsdanbull.com |accessdate=2016-09-25 |archive-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330195141/http://itsdanbull.com/discography/bullmatic-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bull released the song "Robocopyright" in March 2019, which criticises Article 13 of the proposed [Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market](/source/Directive_on_Copyright_in_the_Digital_Single_Market).<ref name="boing">{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2019/03/23/all-hail-robocopyright.html|title=Robocopyright: Dan Bull's rap anthem for the defeat of #Article13|website=Boing Boing|date=23 March 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-23|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144437/https://boingboing.net/2019/03/23/all-hail-robocopyright.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Dan Bull singles<ref name="OCC">{{cite web |title=DAN BULL songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23523/dan-bull/ |website=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company) |access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
! Title !! Artist !! Year !! Peak <br>[UK R&B](/source/UK_Hip_Hop_and_R%26B_Singles_and_Albums_Charts) !! Peak <br>[UK Ind.](/source/UK_Independent_Singles_and_Albums_Charts)
|-
| "Generation of Gaming"<ref name="Gonz"/>  || Dan Bull ||2010||  || 
|-
| "Minecraft Epic Rap"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helgeson |first1=Matt |title=Dan Bull Follows Up Skyrim Rap With New Minecraft-Inspired Jam |url=https://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/11/17/dan-bull-follows-up-skyrim-rap-with-new-minecraft-inspired-jam.aspx |website=[Game Informer](/source/Game_Informer) |access-date=26 July 2025 |date=17 November 2011}}</ref>  || Dan Bull ||2011||  || 
|-
| "Sharing is Caring"  || Dan Bull ||2012|| style="text-align:center;"|35 || style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
| "Kicky Kicky Flow"  || Dan Bull ft [The Yogscast](/source/The_Yogscast)||2013||  || style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
| "Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom"  || Dan Bull ||2014||  || 
|-
| "Robocopyright"<ref name="boing"/> || Dan Bull ||2019||  || 
|}

=== Studio albums ===
* ''Safe'' (Freshnut, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Bull - Safe CD [Freshnut] |url=https://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/reviews/album_reviews/dan-bull-safe-cd-freshnut.html |website=Britishhiphop.co.uk |date=18 January 2009}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://itsdanbull.com/}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{Allmusic}}

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Category:1986 births
Category:People with Asperger syndrome
Category:English male rappers
Category:21st-century British male rappers
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Worcestershire
Category:Nerdcore artists
Category:People from Bromsgrove
Category:British political music artists
Category:21st-century British rappers
Category:21st-century English male musicians
Category:English autistic people
Category:Autistic musicians
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Mass media people from Worcestershire

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