Darren Joseph, known professionally as DJ Target, is an English DJ and presenter. He is best known for being part of grime collective

Roll Deep Roll Deep (formerly Roll Deep Entourage) are a British grime crew. They were founded in 2001 by Wiley shortly before the disbandment of UK garage crew Pay As U Go Cartel. The group have had two UK No. 1 singles, " Good Times" and "Green Lig ...

and presenting on

BBC Radio 1Xtra BBC Radio 1Xtra is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts Black music and urban music, including hip hop and R&B and is a sister station to Radio 1. Launching at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been ...

Career

Joseph is a former member of

. Joseph began hosting part of the 1Xtra Takeover, a

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...

across

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...

and Radio 1Xtra, in September 2013. In 2018, Joseph wrote a book titled ''Grime Kids''. Joseph became the talent and music lead at Radio 1Xtra in July 2018, but left the role in June 2021. Joseph has been working with Krept and Konan on The Rap Game UK where they find the next rap star. Website=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07jwq62 In 2021, Joseph fronted a six-episode series on

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target aud ...

called ''Tonight With Target''. In 2022, it was announced that Joseph would be leaving Radio 1, ending the station's simulcast of the 1Xtra Takeover. However, he continued presenting on Radio 1Xtra since.{{Cite web , date=2022-03-08 , title=Schedule changes at BBC Radio 1 including new show for Mollie King , url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/03/schedule-changes-at-bbc-radio-1-including-new-show-for-mollie-king/ , access-date=2022-03-10 , website=RadioToday , language=en-GB

Personal life

Joseph grew up in Bow, London. He has a daughter.

References

External links

''DJ Target''
(BBC Radio 1Xtra)
''1Xtra's Pre-Party Show with DJ Target''
(BBC Radio 1Xtra) British radio presenters BBC Radio 1 presenters BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters