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Timothy Westwood (born 3 October 1957) is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride. He is often referred to by other DJs and artists appearing on his shows simply as 'Westwood'.
Disc jockey career
During his career Westwood has DJed for many radio stations, including the newly formed radio stations Kiss FM (which he co-owned) and LWR in the 1980s, followed by mainstream station Capital FM (from 1987). In December 1994, following a shake up of Radio 1 by the then chief executive Matthew Bannister, he was given the new and somewhat innovative national Radio 1 Rap Show. He was the Radio 1 Rap Show's first presenter and has been its only permanent presenter; he is now one of Radio 1's longest-serving broadcasters.
His first broadcast on a legal station appears to have been on 23 March 1985, when he was already working as a pirate DJ.[original research?] He was a guest on a BBC World Service programme called Meridian where he discussed early hip-hop culture in London. After appearing in the 1987 BBC Open Space documentary Bad Meaning Good, which was an early work of his own company Justice Entertainment, he achieved TV exposure in the late 1980s on the ITV programme Night Network, produced by London Weekend Television.
More recently, he presented a series of his own television programme on UKTV channel UK Play, which has since ceased broadcasting. His Radio 1 show is produced by his independent company Justice Entertainment, which also produces Chris Goldfinger's dancehall show for Radio 1.
In the late 1980s his name was often mentioned in British rap records, as he was the only well-known DJ playing hip hop on legal radio in Britain. He was named Best UK Radio DJ in the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards in 2000, 2003 and 2005. He is a patron of the internal radio station at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in west London.[3]
Westwood was injured in a drive-by shooting in Kennington, South London, on 18 July 1999 - after he had been playing at the Lambeth Country Show in Brockwell Park. According to police reports, gunmen on a motorbike pulled up alongside his Range Rover and shot him and his assistant.[4][5]
In a recent radio interview on Conspiracy Worldwide Radio Tim Westwood explained to host Mista Montana the necessity for change and evolution, emphasizing his continued love for hip hop and his excitement for the UK grime scene.[6]
Shows
Next Hype
In 2009, Tim Westwood was featured in Tempa T's 'Next Hype' music video. In it, he fires Tempa T from fictional shop 'Pars R Us' for not making enough pars. He States that every morning, before work, he pars his mum and his sister. Tempa T then proceeds to CLEAR all the things off his desk and SMASH his PC monitor.
Radio 1
He hosts a show on Saturday nights which runs from 21:00 until 23:00 which is also simulcast on 1Xtra and hosts the drive time show on weekdays 16:00-19:00.
Criticisms
Criticism by David Cameron
On 6 June 2006, BBC Radio 1 and Westwood's show in particular was accused of encouraging knife and gun crime by the Leader of the Conservative Party and then Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron,[7] who was speaking at a British Society of Magazine Editors event. Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt[8] responded in a Press Association news agency article: "There's been a debate about this particular genre of music for many years. Hip-hop is of great interest to many people in our audience. I strongly refute sic that any of our programmes condone violence, gun crime or knife crime."
Vocal style and upbringing
Critics have also derided Westwood's apparent emulation of Black British pronunciation and dialect, which is claimed to be at odds with his middle class British origins.[9] In response to this Westwood stated "Honestly, baby, I get love out there, pure and simple".[10] His father, Bill Westwood was the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough until 1996 (and was himself a prolific broadcaster).
In interviews Sacha Baron Cohen has stated that Westwood, including his supposed fake Caribbean accent, was an inspiration for his fictional Ali G character.[11]
Discography
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- Street Beats
- Westwood Volume 1
- Westwood Volume 2
- Westwood Volume 3
- UK Hip Hop 2002 Volume 1
- Westwood Platinum Edition 2003
- Westwood: The Jump Off
- Westwood 6: The Takeover
- Westwood 7: The Big Dawg
- Westwood 8: The Invasion
- Westwood Heat: Volume 9
- Westwood X
- Westwood 11: Ride With The Big Dawg
- Westwood: The Greatest
DVD
- Westwood Raw DVD
References
- ^ "The phoney, cynical world of Ali G's role model". Daily Mail. 2006-06-09. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Biography for Tim Westwood" (HTTP). The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
- ^ James, Erwin (24 November 2004). "Live from Feltham". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Gangster probe after DJ shooting". BBC News. 20 July 1999. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Thank God I'm alive - shot DJ". BBC News. 1999-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ February 25, 2009 10:15 a.m. PST (2009-02-25). "Intimate in-depth Tim Westood radio interview". Conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cameron attacks Radio 1's hip-hop". BBC News. 2006-06-07. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "BBC - Press Office - Andy Parfitt biography". BBC.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. January 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Young, Toby (23 January 2005). "The word on the street is people prefer posh". Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authlink=ignored (help) - ^ Pool, Hannah (9 October 2008). "Tim Westwood". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (November 14, 2006). "Sacha Baron Cohen -- the Real Borat -- Finally Speaks : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. RealNetworks, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
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