BBC – 1Xtra – The 1Xtra Hip Hop Weekend- Broadcast Schedule

The line up this year was big, with a series of heavyweight shows and exclusives shining a light on hip hop from it’s roots to the present, in the UK and the rest of the world. No other station could have done it like this!

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Sunday

0600 Gospel hip hop
DJ Fitz brought you the best inspirational hip hop with a gospel feel.

0800 Pimpin’ All Over The World
A show to demonstrate the might and power of hip hop worldwide– DJ’s from all corners of the earth presented their big local act and told us what is happening where they are from.

1000 Ur Trax
Listener requests in the mix.

1200 The Basement with Mike Allen
One of hip hop Radio’s pioneers – Mike presented on of the first hip hop shows on UK radio with the Capital Rap Show.
More on Mike Allen

1400 The Power Summit
Cream Of The Crop LIVE – From the Bahamas, live performances from Busta Rhymes, Slim Thug, Common, Game, Q Tip, De La Soul, Black Sheep, Mike Jones, David Banner, Akon, Diddy and T.I – Presented by Semtex.
See the pictures

1700 100% Homegrown Hip Hop
Twin B presented the Midlands finest – live sessions from some of main figures in the hip hop scene in the Midlands.
Check what went down

1900 The World According To P & Skitz
P and Skitz brought us the best of their hip hop world.

2100 1Xtra Hip Hop Hall of Fame
We saluted Chuck D, the inaugural inductee of the 1Xtra hip hop Hall Of Fame, and spoke about his career with Public Enemy and what he has done since then.

2300 The 50K MC Battle
4 MC’s, One Mic, $50,000 prize… winner takes all.
You can hear the full battle complete with interviews on the Saturday Night Mixtape from 7pm. This will be the last time you can hear this.
This programme contains language that some people may find offensive.
See the pictures

0000 DJ Blakey- Turntablism
Two hours of non stop cutting up and tricks on the turntables.

0200 We Running This Rap Sh*t
A look at the ten head honchos of rap – the people who make it happen for hip hop.
This programme contains language that some people may find offensive.

0400 The Next One…
Mistajam & Grouchy Greg from All hip hop.com presented their predictions and tunes from the next wave of hip hop artists and producers from the UK & US.

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