Charlie Sloth

Charlie Sloth
Born (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987
Origin Somers Town, London, England
Genres Hip hop, grime, political hip hop
Occupation(s) DJ, producer, radio host, actor, TV presenter
Labels Grimey Limey
Associated acts Rick Ross, Wretch 32, Akala, Giggs, Bugzy Malone, K Koke, Lowkey, Ace Hood, Big Shaq
Website charliesloth.com

Charles Sloth (born 20 August 1987) is an English DJ, producer, actor and TV presenter who was born and raised in Somers Town, North West London, England.

Career

Sloth's career began in 2007 after he won "Most Original Video" at the CraveFest awards Canada for music video, "Guided Tour of Camden".[1]

Sloth is a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, presenting The Rap Show on Saturday nights,[2] and his late night show The 8th on Mondays to Thursdays at 9pm to 11pm. He was previously a presenter on the weekday drivetime BBC Radio 1Xtra show.[3] His trademark segment on both BBC shows, Fire in the Booth, is "regarded as a real mark of prestige in the scene, especially for newcomers" with MCs from grime and hip-hop coming into the studio to freestyle.[2] Akala, Avelino, Devlin, Professor Green, K Koke, Lowkey, Bugzy Malone, Big Narstie, Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32, Drake and others have performed on Fire in the Booth.[2]

Sloth founded record label Grimey Limey, which was instrumental to the careers of Bugzy Malone and Potter Payper. Bugzy's Walk with Me EP peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.[4]

2003–2006

Sloth was prominent on London pirate radio stations such as RawFM, Freek FM, Deja Vu FM and Raw Mission FM.

2007

Sloth created Being Charlie Sloth, which was picked up by WorldStarHipHop.com. The show ran for 58 episodes, and every Monday, a new episode was made live and would be watched by millions of people.[5]

2008–present

In 2008, Sloth won Best Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B Unsigned Artist at the CraveFest awards in Canada.[6] Sloth released Hard Being Good in 2008.[7]

Sloth presented the daily drivetime show on BBC Radio 1Xtra from September 2012[8] until November 2017 and was replaced by MistaJam. On 6 November 2017, Sloth began presenting a new late night show, simulcast on Radio 1 and 1Xtra, Monday to Thursdays from 9 until 11pm.

As of November 2017, Sloth appears on five radio shows a week for the BBC.

Sloth produced the track "Of Course" by Giggs featuring Rico Love, taken from Giggs' critically acclaimed fourth album, Landlord.

It was announced by Charlie on his show on 3rd October 2018 that he will be leaving the BBC. His last show on Radio 1 will be on 1st November and his last on 1xtra the 3rd November 2018.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

  • The Big Boot (2004)
  • Secret Society (2006)
  • Hard Being Good (2008)
  • The Black Book (2010)
  • Hood Heat Vol. 1 (2014)[10]
  • Hood Heat Vol. 2 (2015)[10]

References

  1. ↑ Chartattack: Cravefest awards, 21 September 2007 Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 3 Gibbins, Paul (1 March 2016). "Which MC Recorded the Greatest 'Fire in the Booth'?". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Bugzy Malone".
  5. ↑ "Being Charlie Sloth #34 - Need More Hour In A Day (Life of an Independent British Rap Artist)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "CraveFest 2008 Music Video Award Winners!". cravefest.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008.
  7. ↑ Administrator. "- Charlie Sloth - Hard Being Good [Audio]". britishhiphop.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Sweney, Mark (25 May 2012). "Tim Westwood 'sacked' from Radio 1Xtra drivetime show". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Plug by Charlie Sloth on Apple Music". iTunes Store (GB). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 Powell, Jon (21 August 2017). Respect Charlie Sloth's Debut Album 'The Plug' http://respect-mag.com/2017/08/charlie-sloth-plug/Stream Charlie Sloth's Debut Album 'The Plug' Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 22 August 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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