Career
Adenuga, who is of Nigerian heritage, is from the London Borough of Haringey. Julie is the sister of JME and Skepta, who are both London-based grime emcees and producers, as well as co-founders of the Boy Better Know crew. Adenuga made her debut in the music industry in 2010, when she joined London community radio station Rinse FM and then went on to present the drive time show.
In 2014, she created and hosted a music television show on Channel AKA and Daily Motion called Play lieutenant, which serves as a platform for United Kingdom rap and grime artists as well as singers and poets.
Adenuga recently started a YouTube interview series, featuring artists such United Kingdom grime and rap artist Stormzy. As well as this, she hosted Vice Magazine’s online offshoot, Noisey’s, Grime Karaoke.
As part of the 2015 Apple WWDC keynote, Adenuga was introduced as the London headline host of Beats 1 radio. Beats 1 is the global radio service from Apple Music.
