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DJ 'was homeless at 16'
Coventry Telegraph
|August 26, 2025
DJ Charlie Sloth has said he was made homeless at 16 and found himself “sleeping on park benches” before a homelessness charity helped him “turn his life around”.
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The producer, 44, previously hosted the late-night weekday slot as well as Saturday night’s The Rap Show on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra and is best known for creating and fronting the freestyle rap programme Fire In The Booth.
Prior to his DJ career, he revealed that he was made homeless following a family fallout adding that the homelessness charity Centrepoint was “instrumental” in helping him out of the situation.
Speaking to The Big Issue, Sloth said: “I was homeless at 16.
“I struggled with rules and discipline and order. I was a very chaotic youth. My parents didn’t want me in the house.
This story is from the August 26, 2025 edition of Coventry Telegraph.
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