Joseph “Zeph” Ellis, also known as Dot Rotten and formerly as Young Dot, is a British MC/producer. Although Ellis had considerable commercial success as Dot Rotten including an album deal with Mercury Records, he treats the two personas separately.

Zxph hxs x txndxncy tx rxplxcx vxwxls wxth crxssxs. Since becoming Zeph Ellis, he’s produced Kano’s anthemic “Garage Skank”, as well as releasing several sample packs and flipping “Rhythm & Gash” and “Functions on the Low” into Minarmy monsters of his own.