Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Pimp My Ride by Tim Westwood Tim Westwood Net Worth. Tim Westwood Net Worth 2021: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships. Tim Westwood net worth is $13 Million. Tim Westwood Wiki Biography. Tim Westwood was born on 3 October 1957, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, and is a radio presenter, television presenter, and DJ, best known for being the host of the UK version of “Pimp My Ride”. He’s worked with BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1 Xtra and Capital Radio, and all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today. How rich is Tim Westwood? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $13 million, mostly earned through success on radio and television. He is referred to by numerous artists and DJs simply as Westwood. He’s held numerous shows and as he continues a career which began in 1980, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase. Tim Westwood Net Worth $13 million. Westwood started his career as a DJ for several radio stations; he helped form Kiss FM and is the co-owner of the station, and was also a DJ for LWR in the 1980s. In 1987, he became part of the mainstream station Capital FM, then seven years later, after a shakeup of Radio 1 he was given the “Rap Show”. He became the presenter of the show and so has become one of the longest serving broadcasters on Radio 1. He originally worked as a Pirate DJ and would then become a guest at the program “Meridian” which he discussed London’s hip hop culture. He made an appearance in the BBC documentary “Bad Meaning Good” which took a look at the early work of his company Justice Entertainment. He continued getting exposure through both radio and television, appearing on “Night Network” which was produced by London Weekend Television. Thanks to his popularity, he was often mentioned on rap records. His net worth was starting to increase, partly because he was the only well- known DJ in Britain that played hip hop on legal radio. He was named three times as Best UK Radio DJ in the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards. He hosted the Capital FM “Rap Show” until 1994 when he would leave the station. He then joined Radio 1 and hosted the first national rap show in the UK. He also hosted a weekday drive time show at BBC before getting replaced in 2012. He stayed with BBC for nearly 20 years before leaving the company to rejoin Capital FM. He now works as part of Capital Xtra. Tim also has an official YouTube channel named Tim Westwood TV which has over 230,000 subscribers; other popular artists can be seen on the channel including Will Smith, Nicki Minaj, and Eminem. Westwood has received some criticism during the course of his career; in 2006, he was accused of encouraging knife and gun crime by Prime Minister David Cameron. Other critics have also pointed at Tim’s Black British pronunciation which is said to be opposed to his middle class origin. He’s also been accused of giving false statements about his age and background to the media. For his personal life, despite his public profile, only rumours suggest that Tim is married with two children. Tim was injured in a drive-by shooting in 1999. According to reports, gunmen on a motorbike approached his car and shot him. Aside from this, Sacha Baron Cohen has stated that his Ali G character was inspired by Westwood. Tim Westwood denies allegations he ‘behaved inappropriately with student fans’ Tim Westwood has denied claims accusing him of ‘behaving inappropriately with student fans’. The 62-year-old DJ branded such allegations ‘fabricated’ and insisted they have been made ‘without any foundation’. Such claims had surfaced on Twitter, via account @SurvivingTw, where one unidentified woman detailed her interaction with Westwood over a four-year period, after meeting the Pimp My Ride host at a university rave. The claims prompted calls for Capital Xtra to launch an investigation into the presenter’s behaviour towards young black women. Westwood has denied any wrongdoing and responded that such allegations are ‘false’. Releasing a statement to MailOnline, Westwood said: ‘I can categorically say that I have never had an inappropriate relationship with anyone under the age of 18. ‘I am aware of attempts by anonymous sources to make fabricated allegations online. I can confirm that such allegations are false and without any foundation.’ A petition named #mutetimwestwood had been set up on Change.org, calling for Capital Xtra to investigate the claims made against the star, while further allegations made anonymously have surfaced online. Tweets revealed that Capital Xtra had blocked Twitter users commenting on the allegations during Westwood’s radio show on Saturday. A spokesperson for Westwood addressed the situation and claimed it had been a member of the star’s team blocking users online. More: News. 'Caring' mum died in 100ft cliff fall after telling daughter 'I'm coming down' France vs Germany: Greenpeace protestor nearly crashes into fans during Euro 2020 match. Mum exposed breasts, dropped her trousers, and sexually assaulted officer. They told the publication: ‘It’s important to clarify a member of Tim’s team blocked a twitter account so the offensive allegations wouldn’t disturb the show. ‘This was not approved, and was an error of judgment by this individual and nothing to do with anyone at Capital XTRA.’ Metro.co.uk has reached out to Westwood’s rep for further comment. Westwood is well known on the hip-hop scene and has hosted radio shows on Capital Radio and BBC Radio 1. He was named Best UK Radio DJ three times at the Mobo Awards in 2000, 2003 and 2005 and had presented Pimp My Ride UK on MTV. Tim Westwood Biography. Tim Westwood is a presenter and a DJ referred mainly as Westwood. He has worked for the BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra for 20 years and is also the presenter of the show Pimp My Ride’s UK version on MTV. Westwood was born on October 3, 1957 to former Anglican Bishop Bill Westwood at East Anglia. His nationality is British. Tim attended the Norwich School and later attended a local comprehensive. His career started with DJing for the Kiss FM as well as LWR. He co-owned the Kiss FM. He later started DJing for the Captial FM, starting in 1987. His rise to fame came when he was given the role of a rap presenter for his very own show entitled Radio 1 Rap Show, which aired on BBC’s Radio 1 since 1994. His stints on 1985 and 1987 for BBC’s World Service programme led him to obtain some TV Exposure. On the late 1980’s he appeared for the programmer Night Network produced by the London Weekend Television which aired on ITV. He also presented his own television programme for UK Play. After schedule changes, Tim left BBC after a 20 year long career on 21st September 2013. Following this, he returned to Capital FM’s sister station Capital Xtra and occupies the 21:00-23:00 slot on Saturday’s. This versatile personality is also the owner of a YouTube channel Tim Westwood TV, which is subscribed by 230,000 fans and has over 191 million views. The channel portrays interviews of major music artists and also portrays some of their freestyles. Tim has been subjected to a lot of criticism and rumors. It is rumored that his Black British dialect is fake and is quite opposite to his middle class British origins. Also, he has been under scrutiny for giving false statements regarding his age after he insisted to be aged 27, to a Guardian journalist, at the age of 43 on 2000. Sacha Baron Cohen has gone on to state that Tim Westwood is the inspiration for his Ali G character, owing to his fake accents. An incident surrounding him, which occurred on 18th July 1999, left him injured when gunmen on a motorbike shot him as well as his assistant by pulling up alongside his car. Tim has been married to his longtime girlfriend and the couple has two children together. Despite speculations surrounding his sexuality, it is very well known that he is certainly not gay. Westwood has an estimated net worth of $16 million dollars, which adequately justifies his music talent. As one of the few well-known DJ’s in Britain he was named as the Best UK Radio DJ in the Music of Black Origin Awards for three years, 2000, 2003 and 2005 respectively. He also patronizes the Feltham Young Offender’s Institution’s internal radio. How much is Tim Westwood's Net Worth and Where Does He Spend All His Money? One of the bigger names in Television, Tim Westwood has the net worth $13 million. By profession, he is a DJ, but he also works as a television and radio presenter. His best show known to most people is the MTV's Pimp My Ride . Professionally versatile, Westwood's career is an interesting roller coaster ride. One can safely say that his life is most part music. Let's discuss his net worth in detail, income sources and more! Tim Westwood is Married to His Work. You can call him workaholic or anything you like, but Tim Westwood is a person who is immensely focused on his work. According to him love, marriage, and kids are all distractions. If he had a family, then he would not be where he is in terms of fame and work, or maybe he'd still have made it or made it even bigger. Who knows? He loves what he does and is very proud of it. And why should he be not, as the DJ is earning £3,500 per four hours? Along with that Tim has bagged $13 million net worth to himself. With such a huge money in his hand, he has not been involved with any woman, well, at least publicly. What might be the reason behind it? Let's address the gay radar in the paragraph, shall we? Is Tim Westwood Gay. Tim Westwood has not made any public statement about his sexuality but still made it pretty clear with a tweet. t. So, what does this mean? Just because he's in a same-sex relationship doesn't mean he's strictly gay, he could be bi-curious as well! But if he's gay, we're all for it! However, there has been some contradictory news, they say he was once married and had two kids as well. Who doesn't have the past? Well, if your past involves your present gay-self acting like you were straight and fathering two kids, that might be quite an issue. However, we don't know that for sure yet! Where Does Tim Westwood Spend All His Money? Pretty much everyone loves to travel and so does Tim Westwood. Well, some of his dollars are spent on traveling and food. Other than that, he loves cars as well. That's one of the reasons for him to join the show Pimp my ride. You can see his love for cars in the show Pimp Up my Ride. He spends million of dollars in cars and earns in millions as well. Along with that, we can see that he has some interest in tattoos as well. And he does not just go to a cheap tattoo place. We are sure that he goes to some place fancy and plays $1000 per hour and get his tattoo and the designs will also cost more than $10,000 as well. We hope Tim Westwood a very best of luck for his career. For more updates and celebrity gossip coming back to Article Bio. God almighty, just HOW embarrassing is Tim Westwood. Dont ask me why, but I watched "Pimp My Ride" last night. Just how cringemakingly embarrassing is Tim Westwood? Id forgot just how awful he is. He takes himself SO seriously and sounds like a rapper-like Alan Partridge when he speaks. How the people who work with him dont pee themselves laughing everytime he opens his twattish, public schoolboy accented mouth and starts spouting the rubbish he does, is beyond me. One of his quotes last night was, "Nicola riiiite, she is good people. " all said in a faux rapper style in a posh accent. I barely heard what he said during the rest of the programme, I was laughing so hard. Comments. Doesnt he ever watch himself and think how stupid he sounds? Doesnt anyone ever tell him. I can imagine about 20 years ago, mummy and daddy having tea and the 'Where did we go wrong' conversation. Mummy leaning forward and saying 'Oh, its just one of those silly phases, he'll grow out of it. '. I expect a lot of eye-brow raising goes on in his family home when he goes for sunday lunch. 'Pater, Dawg. pass me up dem potato's up de left han' side, innit, westside Mo'fo, thanks awfully'. It isnt even a good rapper impression is it? I really had forgotten how awful he was. Truly he IS Alan Partridge gangsta-stylee. 'So, Timothy, what have you got planned this evening?' 'Well, I is 'anging out in de hood wiv me baitches, me is gonna roll a phat one, me is gonna have a bit of bling innit'. 'Erm, OK dear, if you say so. 'is it cos I is black?' 'But darling - you're not' 'Oh yes, erm, sorry Mummy'. He is Rick Steins nephew i believe. Ignore that, i'm thinking of Judge Jules. 'Pimp My Ride' is a well-made program, an excellent translation of the original American version. The writers must be congratulated for including something that wasn't in the original, a comedy character to give the show a touch of lightness. What do you mean he wasn't there as comedy relief. Xhibit is funny on the original but the difference being he does it intentionally. When I used to listed to Tim Westwood's 'Radio 1 Rap Show' a while back, I thought he was a little OTT sometimes. Now I think he's too OTT, talks too much on his show and he doesn't play good Hip-Hop as much - sometimes not Hip-Hop at all! Hence, I now listen to DJ Semtex on 1Xtra at that time instead - a much better Hip-Hop show. Watching Tim Westwood when he's 'talking' is a little painful because he comes across as trying too hard. It doesn't seem natural. PS: Pimp My Ride UK isn't a touch on the original but nice to see a terrestrial broadcaster pick it up. He thinks he's Black, American, and some cool rapper when he's a total idiot putting it lightly. Dont ask me why, but I watched "Pimp My Ride" last night. Just how cringemakingly embarrassing is Tim Westwood? Id forgot just how awful he is. He takes himself SO seriously and sounds like a rapper-like Alan Partridge when he speaks. How the people who work with him dont pee themselves laughing everytime he opens his twattish, public schoolboy accented mouth and starts spouting the rubbish he does, is beyond me. One of his quotes last night was, "Nicola riiiite, she is good people. " all said in a faux rapper style in a posh accent. I barely heard what he said during the rest of the programme, I was laughing so hard. I totally agree with you! He thinks he's so hot, when he looks like a middle aged bank manager.