Jasmine Dotiwala. Jasmines Juice. The news, views and fabulosity from the UKs most connected fly girl. Mover, Shaker, Connector. His BBC Radio One Rap Show is the biggest in the UK and sees his brand break new acts regularly. JASMINE WITH DJ CHARLIE SLOTH. His predecessor at the BBC was Tim Westwood, and where Westwood was regarded the British Funkmaster Flex, Charlie is more of a parallel to Charlamagne. Westwood had worn the UK Rap Radio Kings crown for so long other great DJs had come and gone, it was assumed he would hold the reigns forever, and then, came this cheeky banter filled, smiley, ridiculously loud man of many talents, Charlie Sloth, who made everyone sit up and gawp. Determined to shine a light on all the various rap talent across the UK regions, rather than just focus on London, and incredibly savvy with his branding and internationally recognised Fire in the booth FITB sessions, Charlie is HOT property in Europe right now. His FITB moments have captured British ears, eyes and minds in their millions across the years. Having cemented his reputation as a DJ, Charlie feels that now is the perfect time for him to make the transition to become an artist and producer in his own right. Like his namesake Charlamagne is in The States, Charlie is the biggest name in national radio shows in the UK every act is desperate to be aligned with him. More so, Like DJ Khaled, he makes music too and has his debut album The Plug out this month, which features British names like Bugzy Malone, Stormzy, Ghetts, Giggs, Avelino, Lady Leshurr and a few American names like Jadakiss, Sean Kingston, Ace Hood and 2. Savage too. Highlights include Aystars characteristic Scouse accented narrative on Therapy, and Kendrick Lamar, which finds Cadet praising the Californian star and critiquing the genres stereotypical themes. As a figurehead of the scene, Charlie found that many of his musical friends were eager to get involved with the project. The majority of the tracks were recorded in Tileyard Studios, while others were cut in the portable studio located in his tour bus. Still hungry Follow Dinner at the Zoo on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for more great recipe ideas Pineapple Fried Rice This recipe for pineapple fried. Instant Pot chicken and rice is a delicious and simple supper that you can make all in one pot. It is SO delicious and easy The laziest way to cook perfect rice is to use a rice cooker Put rice, water and salt in a rice cooker, press the button and walk away Rice cooker will do all. Tips To Get More Flavor Use vegetable or chicken broth instead of water for boiling the rice for the adventurous, try unsweetened apple juice or jasmine tea. Jasmine Jasmine rice is a variety of long grain rice cultivated in Thailand. 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With music, acting, clothing, property and more on this mans resume, this multihyphenate, who is also the self proclaimed best looking fat guy on the planet spoke to me for The Source. MUSICYour brand Fire In The Booth, has had plenty of big US acts through the door over the years, any highlights There have been so many highlights weve had over 5. FITBs. Everyone of them has had its own magical vibe There are several FITBs in the bag from new US acts, who are you excited about from The States at the moment Any FITBs lined up with any of them We have Young Dolph, 2 Chainz, Jay Z, old school artists, so many artists. There is a long list What was it like working with 2. Savage, Ace Hood, Sean Kingston and Hardo for your album and how did these collaborations come about To have them on my album is a beautiful thing. Im a massive fan of Hardo, and then I was like Yo, This record would be crazy. We spoke about it, 2. Jasmine Rice Ratio' title='Jasmine Rice Ratio' />Savage jumped in and it happened organically. You recorded many of the beats that would eventually make the album on tour out on the road. Homemade rice milk costs just 6 to make Compared to storebought, youre saving 99 My favorite variation is cinnamon vanilla its so goodMany of these shows were across America, so which beats were written and made in the US and which cities and areas did you have the most affiliation with My favourite city is Atlanta. Its a laid back city with such a great energy and music wise very inspiring. I met many artists in Atlanta, Sean Kingston, and a whole lot more. So its definitely ATL RADIOIn recent years weve seen your station BBC Radio 1. Xtra heavily champion rap and grime, do you think well see some more championing of other black music genres like R B and reggae which havent been as strongly supported on the playlist in future Xtra has supported it for years now, and will continue to do so. Its especially important for black music. Weve got a afrobeats DJ, weve got a dancehall DJ. Xtra will always be that platform for support. Im curious to know your thoughts on radio in general, with digital sharing platforms dominating music, do you feel that radio is still as important for the hip hop, rap and grime scenes both in UK and internationally And where do you see it going in the future Any trends in peoples listening habits you can foresee Radio will always be important. Not only for Hip Hop, Rap, Grime. When it comes to radio you got special DJs, you got personalities that inspire you. AMERICAYoure representing the UK at Red Bull Culture Clash this year and were seeing more and more American and Canadian artists asking for features from Brit artists. Is breaking the American audience still an important milestone for British acts or are you seeing a move away from that I dont think its as important as people thought it was years ago. But I feel the UK artist will always want that. It shows how big and healthy the scene is if weve got the biggest artists in Canada and America, Jamaica or Africa wanting to work with our homegrown biggest artists and its only a matter of time until we become global. You first became known in LA and rest of North America from your Being Charlie Sloth shows. Will you ever look to recreate the character or any ambitions to do some more acting again You never say never, and you never know what the future holds. Being Charlie Sloth is a massive part of my career, you never know what is coming in five years from now. LADIESCan you touch on why the UK rap and grime scene seems like a bit of a boys club It feels like the girls music championed on socials as much as the boys share each others fan bases Between female and male artists theres a huge, huge gap. There are so many more male artists than there are female artists and for me personally, Im always trying to find the next female artist, theres incredible talent. I think the problem is just the ratio. That said, which girl MCs are on your radar right now Of course youve got Steff London and ones who are already out there, the last one who really got my attention right now is Banks. SPREADING THE LOVEYouve always championed UK music from outside of London and always seen it more as a national thing, are there any scenes popping from other cities right now, whats the next cityscene to blow and whyWhen you see how everythings changed even in the last two years, Manchester artists came through people are listening to Jay. Kae, artists from Birmingham. The next city which is gonna have a massive boom is gonna be Liverpool. Moving on to a more serious area, Knife crime, is a topic of much concern with young people in the UK right now, what are your thoughts on what can be done within the music scene and how artists and people in the scene can try to tackle the issueTo me it breaks my heart. For me personally, mothers and fathers have the responsibility for their children. Parents just need to take responsibility. Secondly, the local authorities need to make sure that there is some form of entertainment or social activities. But when you look around, there is no real social activity. There just needs to be spent more money on that. Are you still matching your hundreds of very colourful jackets and trainers Youre like the Imelda Marcos of hip hop Yeah The hat matches the jacket, the jacket matches the trainersWhen I stop doing that it means Im old. Fashion is a big thing for me. I wanted to make this album as diverse as I possibly could, says Sloth.