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“Outstanding” -Daily Telegraph

“Whether supporting the biggest American superstar rappers when they hit London or holding it down with Big Ted, Shortee Blitz is always guaranteed to rock the show or radio” -Hip Hop Connection

“One of Britain’s finest Hip Hop DJs” -DJ “The don dada of the decks” -Touch

“He’s arguably one of the most proficient deck technicians in Europe. MOBO Award-winning DJ Shortee Blitz is at the peak of his DJ powers with top-rated urban club night Smoove” -Tense

MOBO Award-winning DJ Shortee Blitz is the country’s top Hip Hop and R&B deck innovator and with two weekly radio shows on Kiss FM, a television show on Kiss TV, a residency at Smoove at Ministry of Sound, and a column in Hip Hop Connection, he is in high demand. Mr Blitz has played alongside the cream of Hip Hop & R&B including Jay-Z, De La Soul, Rock Steady Crew, The Fugees, Cypress Hill, Jeru the Damaja, Taskforce, Rodney P, Klashnekoff, Redman and Run DMC.

Plus his Sony Radio Award-winning show has attracted guests in the shape of Busta Rhymes, Nas, Missy Elliott, Common, Roots Manuva, X-ecutioners, Ty, Twista, Blak Twang and LL Cool J. And, it’s not just in the UK that Shortee Blitz is known for his signature skills of cutting and mixing as well as continually tearing the roof off with his unique ability to tease the crowd to the point of near explosion.

The man they call Shortee Blitz, plays as far afield as Dubai, Hong Kong, Kenya and Australia. Shortee grew up in Nottingham where his uncles exposed him to everything from Ska and Reggae to Rock, early Hip Hop and Electro. Way before he bought his first set of decks he was teaching himself to scratch on a Saisho Midi System by using the turntable and the volume control on Rick James’ ‘Give It To Me Baby’.

In 1992, he bought his first set of decks and quickly formed the Class Act sound system. House parties ensued every Saturday and it was during the next two years that Shortee gained the bulk of his spinning experience. “We’d kick off the door to a house, bring in our set and play until the police came and stopped us. But in 1994 when the DTI came in and banned parties of more than ten people, I thought ‘fuck this’ and I started playing at clubs.” 1993 saw Shortee Blitz join Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr Dre for an impromptu beatboxing bout during their gig at the Brixton Academy. Shortee impressed them so much that they took him backstage, gave him £200 and asked him to it again at the next day.

This was to set the tone for years to come and things started to move quickly for a young Shortee Blitz living in Brixton. The next two years were a turning point for Shortee, and DJ-ing for Ty and Scientists of Sound was a crucial time. Shortee credits Ty with giving him the confidence to talk into a mic and communicate with people on a large scale. Shortee was also DJing for the Scientists Of Sound and his first tour saw him supporting the Wu Tang Clan who were fresh from releasing the 36 Chambers LP.

Other gigs were coming in slowly and one at Subterrania turned out to be more fruitful than most with Dave VJ from Kiss FM asking him to replace DJ Pogo on Max & Dave’s Hip Hop show. Shortee took up the offer and joined Kiss with a weekly 15 minute mix slot. As his popularity within the station grew, Shortee landed the role of heading up the Clubs Promotion & Street Team at the seminal Hip Hop label Rawkus Records where he A&R-ed the remix of Talib Kweli’s ‘Down For The Count’ Featuring Blak Twang and Ty.

The label folded in 2001 but by that time, Shortee Blitz and the Chubby Kids Show on Kiss FM was firmly established as an integral part of the weekly agenda and had become synonymous with Hip Hop in the UK. The show gained fans from all quarters, primarily because it continually championed UK underground acts alongside their bigger US counterparts.

The next two years were a turning point for Mr Blitz and as his gigs grew bigger, he caught the attention of the music press and continued winning various UK Hip Hop Awards. At the same time, he was producing tracks with the likes of Braintax, Mystro and Lowlife Records, as well as holding it down with the Kung Fu residents at Camden’s Underworld.

In 2003, Shortee’s 6 years at Kiss were rewarded with a history-making accolade when the Chubby Kids Show won a Sony Radio Award for Best Specialist Show – a category the station had never won before. That wasn’t to be the last mantlepiece ornament the Nottingham born DJ was to win that year and in September he won the MOBO Award for Best UK Club DJ.

Shortee celebrated his MOBO success by firing up an impromptu set with Lil’ Kim, Blu Cantrell and the Black Eyed Peas freestyling over his signature mixing and scratching at the ceremony’s after-party open-mic session. 2004 followed with more highlights which climaxed in Shortee Blitz making history again by hosting the first ever Hip Hop line up in the Big Chill festival, celebrating its 10 year anniversary.

Shortee Blitz presented a live hip hop party at Southern Comfort’s Fat Tuesday tent with Rodney P & Skitz, Mystro, Skinnyman and Mark Rae & Veba firmly smashing things up. “Big Chill was good…a definite highlight. But there have been tons of other highlights over the last few years - DJing for Jay-Z in 2003, Cash Money this year and Rock Steady Crew in 1998, the experience of DJing for Ty, playing in a field to 15,000 people in Kenya, Hip Hop in the snow at Big Day Out in Val D’Isere, beatboxing with Snoop and Dre, Spreadlove in Camden, the MOBO, Southport Weekender, oh and the night I played with Jazzy Jeff, Kenny Dope and DJ Spinna at The End.” Today Shortee Blitz has two weekly slots on Kiss FM – a hip hop show on Wednesdays and an R&B one on Sundays. And when he’s not on Kiss FM, you can catch him on Kiss TV where he presents the Smooth Grooves Chart Show.

When he’s not presenting the TV show he’s presenting live events like The Prince’s Trust Urban Music Festival or Nike Battlegrounds or throwing his own one-off ‘Blitz’ block parties. On the road, he plays up and down the country all year round, has Summer residencies in Ibiza and all over Europe, and has been making his mark in Australia after touring there for 7 consecutive years and heavily influencing the scene. Plus Shortee Blitz is one quarter of the Extended Players with Harry Love, MK and Mr. Thing. It’s a wonder where he gets time to work on perfecting his production skills!