DJ Renegade is a from London, UK. He has DJ’ed at many large-scale breaking events including UK BBoy Champs, IBE, Battle of the Year, R16 Korea, Freestyle Session, Juste Debout, Redbull BC One, EuroBattle, OutBreak, and Silverback Open. He is the founder of the Soul Mavericks breaking crew and part of the Monsterz popping crew.
DJ Renegade Profile
| Stage Name | DJ Renegade |
| Birth Name | Kevin Gopie |
| Occupation | DJ, Bboy, Hip-hop mentor |
| Birthday | 1970 |
| Active Years | 1986–present |
| Age | 54 (in 2024) |
| Nationality | UK |
DJ Renegade Biography, Life Story, Career Journey, and Facts:
DJ Renegade, aka. Kevin Gopie, was born in the UK with parents from Guyana. He started dancing in 1982 at the age of 12 due to the influence of his sister and her boyfriend at the time. From early on in his dance journey, he was attracted to hip-hop culture and quickly got involved with the London scene.
He started DJ’ing around ‘87 when he was in his second year of college. He was introduced to it by a DJ named Dazzle Fresh. According to Renegade “[Dazzle Fresh] was just so dope, I was like: ‘I wanna do that’”. In the first few years of his DJ career, he DJed for UK lyricist Blade. He later joined DJ crews such as Sons of Noise in 1992 and Scratch Perverts.
DJ-Renegade has been one of the most impactful DJs on breaking and dance culture at large. He’s been invited to DJ, judge, and commentate on many international events. He also poured tons of energy into coaching the dancers in the UK. Gopie lived in Denmark during 2003-2004. At the time, he felt the UK scene had dropped off compared to what it was in the 80s.
Bboy Storm, who was visiting Renegade at the time, told him to do something about it. This inspired Renegade to start dance crews Flowsaic, and Soul Mavericks in 2005, and later Monsterz in 2010.
Renegade is well respected by the dancers he coaches. Nicknamed “Coach Kev”, the following mini-documentary captures his thoughts about training dancers.
Major Work & Achievements
| YEAR | EVENT |
| 2023 | Battle of the South / NBL 2023 |
| 2023 | III Cup Competition in Upper Street Dance Styles and Breaking |
| 2023 | Norwegian Breaking League 2 – 2023 |
| 2023 | The Notorious IBE 2023 |
| 2023 | II Cup Competition X Camp of Hip-Hop Battle Day 2023 |
| 2023 | BBIC World Final 2023 |
| 2023 | UK BBoy Championships / Undisputed London |
| 2023 | Norwegian Championships – Breaking & Hip Hop 2023 |
| 2021 | Unbreakable |
| 2018 | 2018 Youth Olympics |
| 2017 | Taipei Bboy City |
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES
Instagram: djrenegade_uk
Facebook: DJ-Renegade
SoundCloud: DJ Renegade UK
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DJ Renegade unseen full interview
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