Tim Westwood was born on October 3rd 1957 in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The British DJ has worked on many radio stations including Kiss FM and Capital FM before joining Radio 1 in 1994.He has also worked on television, having a show on British Hip-hop channel Channel U, and most recently being the presenter of Pimp my Ride UK (2004).He was once shot in his lower right arm after a drive-by shooting in London on July 18th 1999.