DJ Hix

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DJ Hix is a Northern Irish DJ for Cool FM, a commercial radio station based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. He currently presents the radio station's urban music show^[1] The Urban Takeover on Saturday nights between 9pm and 12midnight.

DJ Hix was born 10 February 1983 in London before moving to Northern Ireland at a young age. He began his career as a DJ in 2002 in various clubs in Belfast, and his radio career began when he was invited by BBC 1Xtra to host their Xtra Talent show in January, February and April of 2007. The show is BBC 1Xtra's platform for new rising radio personalities to broadcast a 2 hour show every week for one month.

A few months after his time at 1Xtra he began broadcasting on Cool FM on 27 Oct 2007 at 9pm with a brand new show - The Urban Takeover, playing RnB, HipHop, and Urban music. On Saturday 1st March 2008 Soulja Boy was a guest on the show with Hix.

DJ Hix supported both 50 Cent^[2] (in November 2007) and Rihanna^[3] (in March 2008) live on stage at Odyssey Arena in Belfast, and he was recently nominated for Best Club DJ at the 2008 Fate Awards^[4], after a public vote to decide the 5 nominees.

DJ Hix currently DJs weekly in The Potthouse, Thompsons Garage, and Skye in Belfast, as well as various guest performances in other cities in the UK and Ireland.

He is also a music journalist as a regular contributor to Blues & Soul Magazine.