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This edition of Inheritance Tracks are chosen by Jonathan Ranganathan – better known, of course, by his middle name, Romesh.
The comedian, presenter and DJ was born in West Sussex in the late 1970s to Sri Lankan parents.
When he was 11, a friend left a cassette-tape at his house – labelled Public Enemy. Romesh listened – and that day, his love of hip-hop music began.
But not just hip-hop. Music has been a huge part of his family’s story...across the generations.
Inherited: Love Come Down by Evelyn "Champagne" King
Passed on: Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
Two-time World Champion heptathlete, British record holder and Olympic medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson, known affectionately as KJT, first came to international prominence at the 2012 London Olympics, where she competed as a teenager.
She grew up in Liverpool with an English mother who was a...
Published 11/30/24
Luke Evans says growing up in the South Wales valleys was tough at times. He was an only child in a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses, bullied at school both for his religion – and for being gay.
But, that quiet boy from the valleys who tried to blend into the background is now a huge international...
Published 11/23/24