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

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, London. In 2007 he supported

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throughout their entire UK tour, and has also supported

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in 2007 at the Bristol Academy, and

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in 2004 at the Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival. He was employed by FreeStyleGames, a subsidiary of

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, where he was working closely on the video game '' DJ Hero''. He collaborated with composer

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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

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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

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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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakey, Dj British DJs Living people 1985 births BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters Place of birth missing (living people) DJs from London