Joseph learnt to mix vinyl on decks owned by his friend
Slimzee, and chose the stage name Target spontaneously after looking around a room for inspiration and landing on a turntable target light. His first formal experience in the music industry was a work experience placement at the
jungle and
drum and bass record label
Moving Shadow. Following the station's closure, SS Crew were invited to join
Rinse FM as inaugural residents, broadcasting on Sundays from 9-11pm. Between the collective's DJs, they had three weekly radio shows:
Geeneus would DJ on Monday nights, while Slimzee continued his Sunday afternoon show and Joseph took over on Sunday nights, and the group's MCs would attend varying shows to ensure that they had the chance to perform with each DJ. Joseph began hosting part of the 1Xtra Takeover, a
simulcast across
BBC Radio 1 and
Radio 1Xtra, in September 2013. In 2018, Joseph wrote a book titled
Grime Kids. Joseph became the talent and music lead at Radio 1Xtra in July 2018, but left the role in June 2021. Joseph has been working with Krept and Konan on The Rap Game UK where they find the next rap star. Website=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07jwq62 In 2021, Joseph fronted a six-episode series on
BBC Three called
Tonight with Target. In 2022, it was announced that Joseph would be leaving Radio 1, ending the station's simulcast of the 1Xtra Takeover. However, he continued presenting on Radio 1Xtra since. == References ==