DJ Blakey (born 3 September 1985) is a
DJ from London, England. He won the UK DMC final in 2004.
Career
Between 2004 and 2007, he hosted a weekly show on
BBC 1Xtra.
He has held a residency at
Fabric
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, London.
In 2007 he supported
Jurassic 5
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throughout their entire UK tour, and has also supported
Nas
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Nas, NaS, or NAS may also refer to:
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** Nas Air (S ...
in 2007 at the Bristol Academy, and
Jay-Z
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in 2004 at the
Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival.
He was employed by
FreeStyleGames, a subsidiary of
Activision
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, where he was working closely on the video game ''
DJ Hero''.
He collaborated with composer
Daniel Pemberton
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as a scratch DJ on the score for the movies ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' and ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse''.
Trivia
*He contributed the first ever "Mini Mix" on
Annie Mac's
BBC Radio 1
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show, days before competing in the 2004 DMC World Final.
*In 2001 at the UK ITF Final at Cargo nightclub in
Shoreditch
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, London, he was asked to fill the place of a non showing DJ, as he had a bag of records with him. He placed 3rd.
Discography
Singles
*''If You See Me / Back Then (Slime Recordings)'' (Summer 2012)
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British DJs
Living people
1985 births
BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters
Place of birth missing (living people)
DJs from London