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29/06/2025

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12/10/2023

🚨 Schedule News 🚨

We are thrilled to announce that Birmingham native DJ Day Day will join 1Xtra as our new weekday host live from Birmingham Monday to Friday 10am-1pm from January 22nd 2024!

Welcome to the 1Xtra Family DJ Day Day ❤️

10/10/2023

Join Kenny Allstar for a exclusive as we relive the best moments from this year’s 2023 BET , covering all the action from the green carpet hip-hop event of the year!

Make sure you lock into the 1Xtra Rap Show with Kenny Allstar this Friday from 11pm over on BBC Sounds 🎧

08/09/2023

The 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards are here to celebrate 50 years of the genre!

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first hip hop party and people across the world are celebrating the music, culture and fashion and 1Xtra will be celebrating with BET UK.

This year’s BET Awards will take place in October in Atlanta and we will be supporting this year’s Best International Flow category!

We will be reflecting all the amazing content on air and on social. Catch the BET Hip Hop Awards on My5 soon!

11/08/2023

FIX UP, LOOK SHARP 💛

Dizzee Rascal! performs on the 1Xtra Rap Show with Kenny Allstar celebrating of 20 years of ‘Boy In Da Corner’.

Listen tonight from 11pm over on BBC Sounds and watch from 11.30pm over on our YouTube channel 📺

11/08/2023

Dizzee Rascal! joins Kenny Allstar to celebrate 20 years of his groundbreaking debut album 'Boy In Da Corner' with a live performance and in-depth interview as part of Hip-Hop's 50th birthday celebrations 🔥

Listen on BBC Sounds from 11pm

25/07/2023

This year, the BBC celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop!

As part of the anniversary, 1Xtra Salutes The Notorious B.I.G with an hour of classics from the legend himself!

To listen head to the Music tab in BBC Sounds and play ‘Hip Hop 50’ 🎧

🔗: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/curation/m001p2r7

02/06/2023

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23/01/2023

ARE YOU READY FOR 2023?!?! 👀🔥

This year we have partnered with AfroNation to bring you an amazing line-up with the likes of Burna Boy, 50 Cent and more heading to Portugal!

🚨 SIGN-UP FOR PRIORITY ACCESS TO TICKETS - Phase One Line up has arrived! 🎉 We’re not done yet, so watch this space 😉

Tickets will be available to those who have signed up on Thursday 26th Jan at 9AM GMT.

Sign-up at afronation.com 📲

06/12/2022

🚨 NEW PRESENTER ALERT 🚨

Introducing our newest presenter CassKidd who will be joining the 1Xtra family from January 3rd 2023 ✨

CassKidd will take over from Jamz Supernova on Tuesday nights at 9pm.

🎧 Catch the launch live on BBC Sounds

02/12/2022

Pheelz performs 'Finesse’ at 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto 🌟

Conducted by Robin Wallington with the Compozers | BBC Philharmonic

🎧 Listen back on BBC Sounds : https://bit.ly/3V4mIap
📺 Watch the full show on BBC iPlayer : bit.ly/3uc9kFq

02/12/2022

Sarkodie performs 'Lucky’ at 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto 🌟

Conducted by Robin Wallington with the Compozers | BBC Philharmonic

🎧 Listen back on BBC Sounds : https://bit.ly/3V4mIap
📺 Watch the full show on BBC iPlayer : bit.ly/3uc9kFq

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