Romesh Ranganathan’s weekly hip hop show on BBC Radio 2 has been nominated for the prestigious Music Week Awards 2023 in the Radio Show category. For The Love Of Hip Hop is an original Folded Wing production and was commissioned by the BBC in 2021 as a four-part series. The second series went weekly in 2022 – a first for hip hop on the nation’s most popular radio station.
Read moreThe third series has featured a celebration of hip hop’s women, top-flight guests including Chuck D, and an A-Z of hip hop that introduces key concepts to Radio 2's 15 million+ audience whilst also delivering nuggets for the heads. It appears on BBC Sounds as well as BBC Radio 2.
The show has been nominated along with Elton John’s Rocket Hours on Apple Music 1, BBC Radio 1’s Rickie, Melvin & Charlie, and Jamz Supernova’s BBC 6 Music show. Jamz also presents The Selector, a Folded Wing production for the British Council which is broadcast to 40 countries and has four million listeners.
"This is a nomination that the team deserve much more than me and I'm not just saying that to sound humble” said Romesh Ranganathan. “The Folded Wing team have been exceptional and it has been a dream to bring the music I love to Radio 2."
