Esi

Esi is a DJ and Presenter based in West London. Esi is the host of the KISS Rap Show and Breakfast on KISS Fresh.

Esi’s career in radio started in 2016, when she demoed at her local station Westside Radio. Recognising her early promise, Esi was given a daytime show after just a few demo’s where she went on to host 4 shows a week and also a specialist UK show championing new Rap and R&B artists. In 2020, Esi also joined the online station No Signal, hosting a show with her collective Sanctuary LDN. Her DJ mixes featured on some of the biggest stations in the UK including BBC 1Xtra, Capital Xtra and KISS - where Esi made her debut as part of the Westside KISS Fresh Takeover in April. Three months later Esi joined the KISS team as part of the brand new line-up on KISS Fresh hosting the all new Rap show, Sunday nights, 9-11pm. Kicking off 2022, Esi was announced as the new daytime weekday presenter on KISS Fresh, Mon to Fri, 3-7pm and in April 2023, Esi was given the KISS Fresh Breakfast show (Mon to Fri, 8-11am). This year, Esi joined the KISS Nights line-up on KISS, hosting the KISS Rap Show nationwide on Tuesday nights, 11pm-1am. Esi can also be heard covering across the daytime on KISS.

As a DJ, Esi has played for global artists such as Megan Thee Stallion, DJ Spinall, and at staple London venues such as Camden Assembly, Visions, Ace Hotel and Koko. Esi's DJing has also taken her on stage at some of the most iconic calendar events such as Wireless Festival, KISS and KISSTORY in Marbellla, Mallorca and Ibiza and at the KISS Haunted House Party in London. Esi has also played special sets for brands Adidas, Fiorucci Soho and at the Music Week Awards. As a multi genre DJ, Esi is across all of the latest cutting edge music, but her knowledge within the UK rap scene is unrivaled.

As a big Chelsea fan, Esi took part in the clubs 116th year anniversary led by Joe Cole. The online content celebrated real Londoners who showed incredible resilience, creativity and entrepreneurship during such a testing year. This included Black music station No Signal radio on which Esi, hosted a weekly show.

Esi also runs Sanctuary LDN which is a creative agency who have created campaigns for artists including Potter Payper, D Block Europe and M Huncho to name but a few.

Links:

KISS Fresh - https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss-fresh/presenters/esi/
KISS Rap Show - https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss/shows/the-kiss-rap-show-esi/