Editing Tim Westwood (section)

==Career==
===Live===
Westwood's career started in the late 1970s and early 1980s when he helped set up [[Sound system (DJ)|sound system]]s in clubs in northwest London, taking opportunities to work as a DJ, and then warming up for [[David Rodigan]]. At the time, he played [[reggae]] and [[jazz-funk]].<ref name=redBull>{{cite interview |url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/tim-westwood-im-a-dj-this-is-what-i-does |title=Tim Westwood |work=Red Bull Music Academy |access-date=26 April 2022 |interviewer=Shaheen Ariefdien}}</ref>

Westwood was injured in a [[drive-by shooting]] in [[Kennington]], south London, on 18 July 1999, after he had been playing at the Lambeth Country Show in [[Brockwell Park]]. According to police reports, gunmen on a motorbike pulled up alongside his [[Range Rover]] and shot him and his assistant.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/398989.stm | work=BBC News | title=Gangster probe after DJ shooting | date=20 July 1999 | access-date=9 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="kennington">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/398123.stm |title=Thank God I'm alive - shot DJ |work=BBC News |date=19 July 1999 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> He alleged that the gunmen were gang members who had been threatening him to stop playing shows in the neighbourhood.<ref name=topping/>

===Radio===
Westwood's first radio show was on the London [[pirate radio]] station [[London Weekend Radio|LWR]]. He then moved to [[Kiss (UK radio station)|Kiss FM]], which he co-owned. He was on [[Capital London|Capital FM]] from 1987, and in 1994 he moved to [[BBC Radio 1]] to present its new rap show.<ref name=topping/> The show was launched with a live concert with the [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Notorious B.I.G.]] and [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]].<ref name=leavingOne/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/watch-the-notorious-b-i-g-puff-daddy-live-in-london-timwestwood/ |work=Miss Info | title=The Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy Live in London |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313042522/http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/watch-the-notorious-b-i-g-puff-daddy-live-in-london-timwestwood/ |archive-date=13 March 2013 |first=Mikey |last=Fresh}}</ref> The Westwood ''Radio 1 Rap Show'' was the top ranked hip hop show in the UK.<ref name=bbcBio>{{Cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/westwood/biography.shtml |website=BBC Radio 1 |title=Westwood's biography |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060321204919/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/westwood/biography.shtml |archive-date= 21 March 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His Radio 1 show was produced by his independent company Justice Entertainment, which also produced [[Chris Goldfinger]]'s [[dancehall]] show for Radio 1 at the time. 
{{as of|2004}} Westwood was a patron of the internal radio station at [[Feltham Young Offenders' Institution]] in west [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/24/radio.youthjustice |work=The Guardian |location= London |title=Live from Feltham |first=Erwin |last=James |date=24 November 2004 |access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref>

At the BBC, Westwood also hosted the weekday drivetime show for [[BBC Radio 1Xtra|Radio 1Xtra]] from September 2009 until he was replaced by [[Charlie Sloth]] in September 2012.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/tim-westwood-sacked-from-1xtra-drivetime | work=Clash Music | title=Tim Westwood 'sacked' from 1Xtra Drivetime Show | first=Robin | last=Murray | date=25 May 2012 | access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> After leaving the drivetime show, Westwood continued his Saturday night Rap Show which now ran from 21:00 until 23:00 and was a simulcast on Radio 1 and 1Xtra. It was announced on 26 July 2013 that he was leaving the BBC after nearly twenty years as part of planned schedule changes, which took effect on 21 September.<ref name=leavingOne/>

After leaving the BBC, Westwood re-joined Capital FM on its sister station, [[Capital Xtra]], initially occupying the 21:00–23:00 slot on Saturday nights.<ref name=capitalXtra>{{Cite web |url= https://www.capitalxtra.com/radio/shows-presenters/tim-westwood/ |title=Tim Westwood {{!}} Saturday 7pm-11pm |website=Capital XTRA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318020629/https://www.capitalxtra.com/radio/shows-presenters/tim-westwood/ |archive-date=18 March 2017}}</ref> His show on Capital Xtra then moved to 19:00–22:00, followed by 19:00–0:00, and then 19:00–23:00.<ref name=capitalXtra/>

===Television===
After creating and presenting the 1987 [[BBC]] ''[[Open Space (TV programme)|Open Space]]'' documentary "Bad Meaning Good,"<ref name=trench>{{cite web |url=https://trenchtrenchtrench.com/news/heritage-london-posses-tim-westwoods-bad-meaning-good |title=Heritage: London Posse's Sipho and Bionic Go Back to Back in Westwood's 'Bad Meaning Good' (1987) |date=8 November 2017 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=Trench}}</ref> he achieved further TV exposure in the late 1980s as part of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s late-night programming block ''[[Night Network]]'', for which he hosted the programmes ''N Sign Radio'' and ''The Rap Show''.<ref name=mikeAllen>{{cite web |url=https://www.mikeallencapitalradio.com/mike-allen-capital-radio-home/the-competition/westwood |title=Westwood |first=Mike |last=Allen |work=[[Capital Radio]] |access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=tvPop>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/nightnetwork.html |title=Night Network |work=TV Pop Diaries |access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref>

He later presented a series of his own television programmes on [[UKTV]] channel [[Play UK|UK Play]], which has since ceased broadcasting.

====''Pimp My Ride''====
[[File:Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer and Tim Westwood Gumball 3000 - 2007.jpg|thumb|Westwood (furthest right) at [[Gumball 3000]] in 2007]]
Westwood hosted the MTV series ''[[Pimp My Ride UK]]'' which ran for three seasons, from 2005 to 2007.<ref name=topping/> The show was an adaption of the American [[MTV]] series ''[[Pimp My Ride]]'', featuring one car in each episode being renovated and customized ("pimped") to match the owner's interests.<ref name=pimpMyRide>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/28/broadcasting |title=Pimp My Ride revs up MTV |date=28 June 2005 |access-date=7 June 2024 |first=Chris |last=Johnston |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

A special episode of the show called "Pimp Madonna's Ride" aired on MTV on Sunday 19 February 2006, the eve of the release of the single "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]". The interior of the van was pimped by MTV UK for the single's music video, which was filmed in London in January 2006. The exterior of the vehicle was kept original.<ref name=madonnaGuardian>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A142347069/AONE?u=splbt_main&sid=sitemap&xid=c13c59e6 |title=The Guide: Television: Sunday 19 February: Watch this: Pimp Madonna's Ride 9.30pm, MTV |first=Phelim |last=O'Neill |date=18 February 2006 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |via=Gale |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=madonnaBBC>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/4723910.stm |title='White van man' disco for Madonna |date=18 February 2006 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> At the time, ''Pimp My Ride UK'' was the most successful MTV UK production of all time and the second highest rated show in the history of MTV Europe.<ref name=bbcBio/>

====Tim Westwood TV====
Westwood's official [[YouTube]] channel Tim Westwood TV has over 500 million video views and over 1 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/timwestwoodtv/videos|title=TimWestwoodTV|website=Youtube|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> The channel has videos of freestyles and interviews from hip-hop and grime artists, including [[The Notorious B.I.G.]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTEsM0It4Jw |title=Westwood - The Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy rare footage live in London 1995 |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=7 March 2012 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/FTEsM0It4Jw |archive-date=7 March 2013 |work=[[YouTube]] |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Eminem]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyOfqbP8JU |title=Westwood - *EXCLUSIVE* Eminem freestyle Radio 1 |date=27 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/KwyOfqbP8JU |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Jay-Z]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epZD6u8VAc |title=Jay-Z interview Glastonbury 08 - Westwood |date=1 July 2008 |access-date=1 July 2008 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0epZD6u8VAc |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Nas]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOkLJ2ouv5g |title=Nas on Kelis divorce - Westwood |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=23 July 2010 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/gOkLJ2ouv5g |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Lil Wayne]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsyEjQ8a8XI |title=Lil Wayne freestyle - Westwood |date=19 March 2008 |access-date=19 March 2008 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/xsyEjQ8a8XI |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Nicki Minaj]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeboRyi1Now |title=Nicki Minaj in the UK! - Westwood |date=26 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/XeboRyi1Now |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Will Smith]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2vJZUZL3pw |title=Will Smith The Fresh Prince freestyle 1989 - Westwood |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/M2vJZUZL3pw |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhG6jh-xwFI |title=Drake freestyle - Westwood |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=11 June 2010 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/KhG6jh-xwFI |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Amerado (musician)|Amerado]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2021|title=Amerado Sells Ghana At Tim Westwood During Session With Yaw Tog & Kweku Flick|url=https://famebugs.com/yaw-tog-kweku-flick-and-amerado-set-tim-westwood-tv-ablaze-with-flaming-bars-watch/|access-date=9 August 2021|website=FameBugs|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Rae Sremmurd]].<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_mhjLDb3M |title=Rae Sremmurd freestyle - Westwood |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/D1_mhjLDb3M |archive-date=28 November 2021 |work=Youtube |url-status=live |author=TimWestwoodTV}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Albums and awards===
Westwood has released fourteen compilation albums. The Platinum Edition compilation was the biggest-selling British [[Urban contemporary music|urban]] album of all time upon its release in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burrell|first=Ian|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/tim-westwood-rappers-delight-69002.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/tim-westwood-rappers-delight-69002.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tim Westwood: Rappers' delight|date=13 February 2004|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Westwood has won the 2016 Legacy Award at the [[GRM Daily]] Rated Awards,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grmdaily.com/rated-award-legacy-winner|title=#RatedAwards Legacy Award Winner: Tim Westwood|website=GRM Daily - Grime, Rap music and Culture |date=8 September 2016 |first=Alex |last=Griffin}}</ref> the 2010 Radio Academy John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/dj-tim-westwood-60-time-start-taking-seriously/|title=DJ Tim Westwood at 60: why it's time to take UK rap's elder statesman seriously|first=Michael|last=Hogan|date=3 October 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> and the [[MOBO Awards]] for Best Radio DJ in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobo.com/artist/tim-westwood |title=Tim Westwood {{!}} Mobo Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002181132/https://www.mobo.com/artist/tim-westwood |archive-date=2 October 2018 |work=MOBO Awards}}</ref> He was nominated for Sony Radio's Music Broadcaster of the Year award in 2003<ref name=sony2003>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3012217.stm |title=Sony Radio Awards 2003: Winners |date=8 May 2003 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> and 2006.<ref name=sony2006>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/28/radio |title=Sony Radio Academy Awards 2006: nominations |date=28 March 2006 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Self-presentation===
On 6 June 2006, Radio 1 and Westwood's show in particular was accused of encouraging knife and gun crime by the [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] and then [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]], [[David Cameron]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5055724.stm |title=Cameron attacks Radio 1's hip-hop |work=BBC News |date=7 June 2006 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> who was speaking at a [[British Society of Magazine Editors]] event. Radio 1 controller [[Andy Parfitt]] responded in a [[Press Association]] [[news agency]] article: "There's been a debate about this particular genre of music for many years. Hip-hop is of great interest to many people in our audience. I strongly refute that any of our programmes condone violence, gun crime or knife crime".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radio1/andyparfitt.shtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030109224905/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radio1/andyparfitt.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 January 2003 |title= BBC - Press Office - Andy Parfitt biography |date= January 2010 |work= BBC.co.uk |publisher= [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date= 2 April 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> Critics have derided Westwood's apparent [[British Black English|Black British]] pronunciation and dialect.<ref>{{Cite interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/09/urban.radio | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Tim Westwood |interviewer=Hannah Pool | date=9 October 2008 | access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> In interviews, [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] has stated that Westwood, including his accent, was an inspiration for his fictional [[Ali G]] character.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sacha_baron_cohen_the_real_borat_finally_speaks/page/5 |title=Sacha Baron Cohen -- the Real Borat -- Finally Speaks : Rolling Stone |last=Strauss |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Strauss |date=14 November 2006 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[RealNetworks]], Inc. |access-date=3 June 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061227193251/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sacha_baron_cohen_the_real_borat_finally_speaks/page/5 |archive-date=27 December 2006 }}</ref> Westwood has also been accused in the media of giving false statements about his age and background. In 2000, at the age of 43, Westwood insisted to a ''Guardian'' journalist that he was aged 27.<ref name=real>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/nov/01/features11.g22 | title= The real-life Ali G | work= The Guardian | date= 1 November 2000 | access-date= 27 March 2013 | location=London |first=Danny |last=Leigh}}</ref>