Crissy Criss is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 DJ, Producer

Radio producer

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 & Presenter

Presenter

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 who is a part of the BBC Radio

BBC Radio

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 networks BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1...

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Crissy Criss is the stepson of Kenny Ken.

Crissy Criss is infamous for cockblocking CrissColfer, similar to the cockblocking keyboard in Glee's "Original Songs."

Origins and Rise to Fame

The youngest DJ/Presenter at present to broadcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Introduced to a set of decks aged 5 by his step-dad Kenny Ken, he then started to teach himself to mix aged 9. The following year, Crissy covered for Kenny Ken at a festival in Essex to play after Mickey Finn (brother of Johnny Cage). At age 11 he joined drum & bass pirate station Kool FM and played his first club set at The End in London thanks to DJ Zinc who requested Crissy to play. Crissy has played at major drum & bass nights across the UK and elsewhere such as New York, Toronto, Norway, Switzerland, France, Germany and more. Crissy started production work from the age of 12 making music on a gaming console then moved up to much larger programmes and hardware equipment. He released his first track on Back2Basics recordings in 2004. Since then Crissy has signed to Back2Basics Records and Mix n Blen Records and also have forthcoming releases for Twisted Individuals labels Grid and Zombie and also Kenny Ken & Maces PlanetFunk label.

External links

• BBC 1Xtra D&B Show with Crissy Criss updated tracklistings and downloads