Ras Kwame
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Ras Kwame is a British musician, record producer, radio DJ and presenter of Ghanaian heritage.[1]
Biography
Ras Kwame was born in
He started in the music industry as a club DJ playing
Kwame founded
Ras Kwame joined BBC Radio 1Xtra at launch in 2002 with the 100% Homegrown show every Sunday evening. The show was dedicated to the sound of UK black music and provided a live platform for talent and gave major support to new acts like Lethal B, Skinnyman and Estelle.
In 2004, Kwame won Best Radio DJ at the Urban Music Awards and started a new music show called Showtime with Ras Kwame on Channel U.
In February 2005, Kwame was brought into BBC Radio 1 to host one of the three OneMusic shows every Sunday morning from 5 am to 7 am that succeeded the John Peel slot. The other OneMusic hosts were Rob da Bank and Huw Stephens. It was later announced that Kwame was leaving Radio 1 and 1Xtra as part of schedule changes in January 2011.[3]
In January 2013, he joined Capital Xtra and presented The Midnight Mix Tuesdays to Fridays from midnight to 3 am.
However, in October 2016, as part of the station's schedule change, he now only appears on Mondays, with Reggae Recipe from midnight to 2 am.
He regularly judges both Open Mic UK and Live and Unsigned.
References
- ^ "'We Are The Black Stars!'", The Voice, 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b Amy Raphael, "Three into one will go", The Observer, 30 January 2005.
- ^ "Twin B to present Radio 1Xtra's Breakfast Show". BBC. Retrieved 1 June 2013.