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Latest @sohoradio mixshow is up on @mixcloud now. Two hours of hip hop, soul, r&b, beats, bruk & boogie, with over 40 tracks in the mix, from the new to the old. New music includes releases on First Word from Georgie Sweet & Black Sumo, along with The Allergies, Black Josh, Blu & Exile, Blue Lab Beats, Divorce from New York & K15, DJ Harrison, DJ Scratch & Kenny Dope, IZCO, JD Reid, Kehlani & Clipse, Kelela, Kiioto, Mýa, Myna, The 4orce & The Womack Sisters. There's a look at release anniversaries from Beastie Boys, Bill Withers, Burial, De La Soul, KMD, J Live, Nu Shooz & Jr Walker, along with classics revisited from Nona Hendryx, Nate James & Tracy Chapman, and LOTS more. Swipe for track artwork in order played (L-R, top to bottom) Press play & turn it up to the red. 📡📻🎶🎧 /sohoradio/bobafatt-08052026/

6-8pm @sohoradio my fortnightly Friday night mixshow is back again to kick off the weekend. Two hours of hip hop, soul, r&b, beats, bruk & boogie, with over 40 tracks in the mix, from the new to the old. New music includes releases on First Word from Georgie Sweet & Black Sumo, along with The Allergies, Black Josh, Blu & Exile, Blue Lab Beats, Divorce from New York & K15, DJ Harrison, DJ Scratch & Kenny Dope, IZCO, JD Reid, Kehlani & Clipse, Kelela, Kiioto, Mýa, Myna, The 4orce & The Womack Sisters. There's a look at release anniversaries from Beastie Boys, Bill Withers, Burial, De La Soul, KMD, J Live, Nu Shooz & Junior Walker, along with classics revisited from Nona Hendryx, Nate James & Tracy Chapman, and LOTS more. Tune in & turn it up to the red. 📡📻🎶🎧 sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app

Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough!! 💚 Let's spend less of today listening to dickhead politicians & more time listening to the messages from a bonafide living legend.

Latest @sohoradio show is up on Mixcloud now 📻 50 tracks in the mix from the old to the new, from the worlds of hip hop, reggae, jazz, soul, r&b, d&b, beats, bruk & boogie. 🕺 New music includes Above The Clouds, The Alllergies, Asha Puthli & Say She She, Bel Cobain, Betty Ford Boys, Crimeapple, DRS, Ella Thompson, Esa Williams, Gareth Donkin, Hollie Cook, Ivy Lab, IZCO, Jarrod Lawson, Kingh & Shy FX, Knats, Nao Yoshioka, Nina Simone, Oliver Night & Quiet Dawn, Protoje, Ragz Orginale, Sonny Miles, Soul Supreme, Thee Marloes & Thundercat. 😎 We pay tribute to some late greats, namely Asha Bhosle, James Gadson & Prince 10 years on, as well as celebrating a bunch of release anniversaries; singles from Beastie Boys, Bruce Hornsby & Level 42 turning 40, debut albums from Boyz II Men & Dream Warriors turning 35, Zero 7's 'Simple Things' album turning 25, Gnarls Barkley's 'St Elsewhere' album & Marc Mac's Visioneers album 'Dirty Old Hip Hop' both turning 20, and 'No Love Song' from Children of Zeus 5 years on. 📀 There's also classics from Alice Smith & Sherrick, a look at Record Store Day compilations from Stranger Than Paradise & DJ Koco, and more in the crate. 💿 Swipe for tracklist artwork in order played (L-R, top to bottom) Press play & turn it up to the red, your neighbours will *love* it. 🎶🎧 /sohoradio/bobafatt-24042026/

6-8pm tonight on @sohoradio my fortnightly Friday night session returns to kick off the weekend. ☀️ 50 tracks in the mix from the old to the new, from the worlds of hip hop, reggae, jazz, soul, r&b, d&b, beats, bruk & boogie. 🕺 New music includes Above The Clouds, The Alllergies, Asha Puthli & Say She She, Bel Cobain, Betty Ford Boys, Crimeapple, DRS, Ella Thompson, Esa Williams, Gareth Donkin, Hollie Cook, Ivy Lab, IZCO, Jarrod Lawson, Kingh & Shy FX, Knats, Nao Yoshioka, Nina Simone, Oliver Night & Quiet Dawn, Protoje, Ragz Orginale, Sonny Miles, Soul Supreme, Thee Marloes & Thundercat. 😎 We pay tribute to some late greats, namely Asha Bhosle, James Gadson & Prince 10 years on 🕊️💜, as well as celebrating a bunch of release anniversaries; singles from Beastie Boys, Bruce Hornsby & Level 42 turning 40, debut albums from Boyz II Men & Dream Warriors turning 35, Zero 7's 'Simple Things' album turning 25, Gnarls Barkley's 'St Elsewhere' album & Marc Mac's Visioneers album 'Dirty Old Hip Hop' both turning 20, and 'No Love Song' from Children of Zeus 5 years on. 📀 There's also classics from Alice Smith & Sherrick, a look at Record Store Day compilations from Stranger Than Paradise & DJ Koco, and more in the crate. 💿 sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app 🔊 Listen live or check back on Mixcloud shortly after broadcast. 📻📡 Tune in & turn it up to the red, your neighbours will *love* it. 🎶🎧

10 years ago today we lost one of the greatest of all time. I've done several tributes to Prince over the past decade, both outside & on air. The first was on my old @itchradio show, four days after he passed. There was another a year later at the defunct Archspace. I remember that being an enlightening moment. Like, it wasn't crazy busy, but everyone was very much there for one reason. The closest thing to church I've ever done. Shout to @marciavidaljewellery who reminded me about that one recently. There were a few in Shoreditch for @thedoctorsordersuk ; one at The Book Club & one at JuJu's a few years ago that I played at with one of the capital's true authorities on the music of Prince, @mbcelestine . This had a similar ethereal vibe. It's like the purest fanbase I've ever known. I did a mix celebrating the 40th anniversary of 'Purple Rain' on @bbc6music two years back, and recently updated & extended that mix with some extra tracks. The latest version was broadcast on The Huey Show on @virginradiouk last weekend - that's on the Virgin app now, or there's an extended version of the mix on my Soundcloud & HearThis pages. 50+ tracks / 60 minutes of purple funk. All this aside, I've really never touched the sides. I'd need a mix a week long, maybe longer, to cover it all end to end. There are MANY tributes out there, I know, & deservedly so. Not including the seeds sown that built the careers of others along the way, from the members of The Revolution & the NPG, & so many more, producing or songwriting, & cementing the Minneapolis sound, along with former band members Jam & Lewis. I actually feel the older I get, the more of a fan I become.. It's truly astounding just how much music he made; how talented a musician he was; how influential a performer he was; how powerful a man he was. Hard to think of many that come close. Creative, androgynous, sexually liberated & woke as f*ck. An industry game changer. An unparalleled artist, gone far too young. But life is just a party & parties weren't meant to last. 💜 Or to quote the poignant 'Sometimes it Snows in April' "all good things, they say, never last. And love, it isn't love until it's passed" 💜

I had a lot of fun DJing at @strangerthanparadiserecords yesterday for Record Store Day! Me & @reenie66 go waaay back now. We got lotsa mad stories.. I still remember the first time I spoke to this nice lady on the phone offering me a job at that last record shop I worked in, back in 2010. I started there a week before Record Store Day & safe to say I was NOT ready 😅. A proper baptism of fire.. Anyway, aside from being my boss for a long ol' while, she swiftly became a really good friend & remains one of my favourite people on the planet, as does her awesome other half @marvell0usmarv . LOVE you guys. FAMILY fo life! Backed up by @sonnyboybarrett & the lovely STP team, these are easily some of the nicest, most knowledgeable cats in the music game, and it's been so great to see them flourish independently in @marestreetmarket over the past 7 years. Thank you Noreen, Marv, Sonny & co for the hospitality & having me play once again. 🙏🏻 ❤️ (* Successfully managed to NOT get a photo with em this year, so found some old ones!) If you haven't been to the shop yet, please go see them. Remember the old adage kids - record shops are for life, not just for Record Store Day! 📀 Big up to all the other DJs that played on the day, to everyone that boogied & that I bumped into, and shout to my friends @mr_dex & @theartfulfro for passing thru as well, appreciate y'all! 🙏🏻

It's Wrecka Stow Day. Three things. I'm on @virginradiouk at 1pm for the first time, on the new @hueymorgan Show, kicking off with a Prince Block Party. It's a celebrat10n 💜 Then 3-4pm, playing a little hip hop, soul & lover's rock down at the Hare & Hounds on Lea Bridge Road for @bashment_bish 's Aries Massive Birthday Bashment party ♈ Finally 6:30-8:30pm I'm playing at @strangerthanparadiserecords in @marestreetmarket , who've got an amazing lineup of DJs all day. Get involved 📀 #WreckaStowDay #RecordStoreDay #RSD26

SATURDAY!... A Wrecka Stow Extravaganza!! 1-2pm @virginradiouk : Prince Block Party for The @hueymorgan Show. A Celebrat10n 💜 3-4pm Aries Massive Birthday Bashment, Hare & Hounds, East LDN: Hip Hop, Soul & Lover's Rock set for @bashment_bish & co ♈ 6:30-8:30pm @strangerthanparadiserecords in @marestreetmarket , Hackney for @recordstoreday ! 📀 DJs throughout the day inc. @gillespeterson @miche.dj @kokorokomusic @tayo3000 @harri_pepper , with @greenshizzle in the evening. Hot dogs c/o @gizzierskine 🌭 Whew!! 🪩

Triple-whammy this Saturday! 1) Delighted to be spinning for my good friends @strangerthanparadiserecords at @marestreetmarket for @recordstoreday !! I'm playing 6:30-8:30pm. A killer line-up all day including @gillespeterson @miche.dj @tayo3000 @kokorokomusic & @harri_pepper . As well as the wicked selection of vinyl from STP, there's a special menu in the market from the legendary @gizzierskine too, and loads more stuff to check out. 📀 2) Before that, I'm playing a soulful set down the road at @hareandhoundsn1 3-4pm for my bro @bashment_bish as part of his Aries Massive Birthday Bashment party. Lots of wicked selectors all day from lunchtime to midnight including @jstarmusic amongst others, spinning reggae, dancehall, dub & jungle. ♈ 3) And I'm kicking off the day on the airwaves around 1-2pm with my debut set on @virginradiouk for @hueymorgan . That's right y'all, the Block Party is BACK!! It's 10 years since we lost the late great Prince, so I've sorted out a new EXTENDED version of my tribute mix from a little while back, with a bunch more tracks from the purple one's phenomenal catalogue. It's a celebrat10n. 💜 So to recap... 1-2pm Virgin Radio: Prince Block Party 3-4pm Aries Massive Birthday Bashment, Hare & Hounds, East LDN: Hip Hop Soul set 6:30-8:30pm Record Store Day, Stranger Than Paradise Records, Mare Street Market, Hackney ✌️

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2026 inductees have been announced & include a bunch of my faves. Here’s a little recap of some mixes I made previously about some of them… PHIL COLLINS Genesis were inducted back in 2010, but it’s Uncle Phil’s time in his own right. There can’t be many folks to have done the double?… /bobafatt/phils-fills-a-tribute-to-phil-collins SADE The most UK entries ever this year I believe, including Phil, Billy Idol, Joy Division / New Order, Iron Maiden, Oasis, and our 80s/90s soul queen, Helen Folasade Adu <3 /bobafatt/diamond-life-block-party-bbc-6-music WU-TANG CLAN …is, or course, for the children. Here’s two different mixes I did; one on their solo efforts, one a mash-up with 2024 inductees & fellow New Yorkers, A Tribe Called Quest. /bobafatt/36-chambers-of-wu / /bobafatt/a-tribe-called-wu-block-party-bbc-6-music RICK RUBIN Amongst the “musical excellence” entries, producer Rick Rubin, who was of course on the boards for the debut album by Beastie Boys, who were inducted in 2012. Here’s a mini-mix about that album. https://hearthis.at/bobafatt/beasties-bobafatt-6music/ Shouts also to MC Lyte, Queen Latifah & the late greats Fela Kuti & Luther Vandross x

A few snaps from my 50th birthday party at @the_bbe_store last week. Thanks to everyone that sent these over (can't remember who took what!). Massive love to everyone that came out, friends old & new, especially those that travelled far to surprise me; too many folk to name & I don't wanna forget anyone! - almost every period of my life represented in some sense. Big love for the well wishes, cards, gifts & cake 🎂. Big up my DJs @djmrthing @johnnyroast_aka_jp & @fingazgram - all killed it, shouts to @bbeafrica @johnnyreckless24 & the BBE crew for the hospitality, and special shout to my bornday twin @mpclok . I genuinely really appreciate you all, I don't take this shit lightly *at all*. Was very apprehensive about doing this, but so glad I did. You made an old introverted man very happy 🥲 My heart is full, thank you all so much 🙏🏻❤️