Amplify Dot

A.Dot (born Ashley Charles; 9 April 1988) also known as Amplify Dot, A.Dot or Dotty, is a rapper and broadcaster from South London, England.

She is currently a radio presenter on BBC Radio 1Xtra and an A&R consultant at the Parlophone record label.[1]

Career

In June 2001, at the age of thirteen, Amplify Dot performed a freestyle at a Missy Elliott concert at the Brixton Academy after Elliott asked if anyone in the audience could rap.[2][3] She describes this as a defining moment that led her to pursue a career as a professional artist.[4]

Amplify Dot gradually built a reputation in the UK grime and hip hop scenes, featuring on the grime track "Game Over Female Takeover" (2010), and self-releasing the mixtape Born Ready (2011)[5] and the EP Short Back and Sides (2012), which entered the iTunes Hip Hop Chart.[6] She also launched her own clothing label, Quiff Head, in conjunction with London street-wear brand House of Hoxshore.[7]

In June 2012, Amplify Dot signed a recording contract with Virgin Records and a publishing contract with Sony ATV, with Music Week reporting that she was the first female rapper in the UK to secure a major-label deal in over a decade.[8] Soon after signing to Virgin, she released the Spare Parts mixtape,[9] which she said contained tracks that were not going to make the cut for her debut album but that she was still keen for people to hear.[10] This was followed in 2013 by the Spare Parts II mixtape hosted by UK radio personality Charlie Sloth.[11] In December 2013 she presented her own radio show as part of the Xtra Talent series on BBC Radio 1Xtra and was offered a full-time position in 2014. She has continued to work with the station, currently hosting the weekday-breakfast program 'The Dotty Show'[12]

Amplify Dot has collaborated with artists and producers including Busta Rhymes, Emeli Sandé, Zane Lowe, Krunchie, Show N Prove, Chris Loco, Fraser T. Smith, Midi Mafia, Beatfreakz, Kano, Gyptian, and Ms Dynamite. She has also performed with Lioness and Lady Leshurr as part of the all-female crew 367, including on a remix of the Ms Dynamite single "Neva Soft" (2011).[13]

Discography

Singles

References

External links

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