Yogi (31)

Based in North London, the DJ/producer is someone whose work you may be familiar with; he produced Wretch 32's 'Traktor' and has also collaborated with Professor Green, Bashy and Plan B. He started out DJing in clubs at just 16 years of age but quickly realised he wanted to be creating music. He began working as an intern for mix engineer Marc Frank on projects for the likes of the Black Eyed Peas, T.I., Sean Paul, Rihanna, Sugababes and Erykah Badu amongst others. Yogi studied Commercial Music at university during which time he worked with the likes of Plan B, Rishi Rich and Lethal B. He announced his arrival on the UK music scene with the release of title track to movie, 'Shank', in January 2010. Since then Yogi has worked with an array of artists such as Wale, JLS, Rough Diamondz, L Marshall and more. At 25, Yogi launched his production company, The Real Funk, in partnership with his manager. The company was involved in developing Birmingham MC RoxXxan, (who went on to sign for Polydor) and is also develop Yogi’s production team, C. Phillips, Blake and Zilla.