Monki (DJ)

{{Short description|English DJ and footballer}} '''Lucy Monkman''', also known as '''Monki''', is an English DJ and footballer who has played for Dulwich Hamlet as a forward.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dogra |first1=Anish |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2683610/2021/07/06/amy-drucquer-and-dj-monki-on-their-journeys-in-womens-football/|title=Amy Drucquer and DJ Monki on their journeys in women's football|work=The New York Times |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=2023-09-08|archive-date=2023-04-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230422165620/https://theathletic.com/2683610/2021/07/06/amy-drucquer-and-dj-monki-on-their-journeys-in-womens-football/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/teams/230473/player/lucy-monkman-2778644 |title=Lucy Monkman |publisher=Dulwich Hamlet F.C. |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>

==Early life==

Monki grew up in south London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dulwichdiverter/docs/issue_23_of_the_dulwich_diverter|title=In search of an equaliser|work=Issuu |publisher=Dulwich Diverter|access-date=2023-09-08|archive-date=2023-03-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230326123022/https://issuu.com/dulwichdiverter/docs/issue_23_of_the_dulwich_diverter|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

==Music career==

Monki started her career at a work experience placement with Radio Jackie before interning with Rinse FM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Monki-Interview-Badass-broadcast-/28526/|title=Monki: Badass broadcast|publisher=skiddle.com}}</ref> After that, she worked as a DJ for Radio 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/2016/04/12/dj-monki-81981|title=Article about Monki|date=12 April 2016 |publisher=thetab.com}}</ref> In the process, she became the first East Asian to have a Radio 1 show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ministryofsound.com/posts/articles/2020/december/monki-takes-on-the-tuff-questions/|title=Monki article|publisher=ministryofsound.com}}</ref> She has also worked as a mix curator for Fabric.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/30/monki-radio-1-favourite-tracks|title=Monki's favourite tracks|work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2015 |publisher=theguardian.com}}</ref>

Monki has toured in Europe and America, and has played at Creamfields, Parklife, and Glastonbury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53608382|title=Dulwich Hamlet: DJs, physios & over 300 fans - not your average women's fifth-tier club|work=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2020 |publisher=bbc.com}}</ref> She has launched her own label, &Friends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/riding-the-pitch-in-conversation-with-monki/|title=Pitching In|date=24 August 2021 |publisher=theransomnote.com}}</ref> In 2020, she released single Queen of Hearts on her &Friends label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/in-conversation-monki/|title=Influential DJ is making waves on the pitch and off|date=18 December 2020 |publisher=clashmusic.com}}</ref>

She was chosen to join pundit Jermain Defoe, former footballer and content creator Moses Duckrell and semi-pro footballer Freda Ayisi to endorse marketing by Jameson Irish Whiskey to five-a-side players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cripps |first=Amie |date=2023-06-02 |title=Everyone's a Baller: Jermain Defoe, Freda Ayisi, Monki and Moses Duckrell |url=https://versus.uk.com/2023/06/everyones-a-baller-jameson-defoe-freda-monki-moses/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=VERSUS |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Football career==

===Youth career===

As a youth player, Monki participated in her first football camp at a local team, where she was the only girl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/fitness-health/womens-sport-inequality-change-how-to-support/497178|title=3 athletes on what needs to change to make sport more equal|publisher=stylist.co.uk}}</ref> As a teenager, she stopped playing competitive football before playing it again after eight years, when she was in her early twenties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hypebae.com/2021/10/dj-monki-football-sports-direct-equal-play-interview|title=DJ MONKI ON BALANCING FOOTBALL WITH DJING AND CLOSING THE SPORTS GENDER GAP|date=13 October 2021 |publisher=hypebae.com}}</ref>

===Senior career===

Monki has played for Dulwich Hamlet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/read/defected-team-up-dulwich-hamlet-football-club-new-football-shirt-sponsorship-news|title=DEFECTED RECORDS BECOMES DULWICH HAMLET F.C. SHIRT SPONSOR|publisher=mixmag.net}}</ref> She has had a football podcast, Football Inside Out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/theredbulletin/pitch-shift-monki-interview|title=PITCH SHIFT|website=Red Bull }}</ref> In 2021, she was invited to be on the This Fan Girl podcast.

==Personal life==

Monki is of East Asian descent through her mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegroovecartel.com/featured/interviews/lets-talk-about-monki-interview/|title=Let's Talk about: Monki|date=18 June 2019 |publisher=thegroovecartel.com}}</ref> She is a supporter of English club Arsenal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://versus.uk.com/2022/07/home-away-home-dj-monki/|title=Home Away From Home: DJ Monki|publisher=versus.uk.com}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monki}} Category:English DJs Category:English women's footballers Category:English people of Filipino descent Category:English people of Malaysian descent Category:Living people Category:Women's association football forwards Category:British Asian footballers Category:British Asian musicians Category:Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Ladies players Category:Year of birth missing (living people)