Dan is also a leading journalist in his field contributing to many magazines over the last ten years and founded his own Fat Lace Magazine in 1997. In an A&R capacity Dan has consulted for Wall Of Sound and founded their hip-hop imprint Bad Magic in 1999 breaking artists such as Blak Twang. Dan went on to consult for a number of US based rap labels culminating in his own label All City Music, founded in 2003. He has since offered European distribution to many US based independent artists and recently he signed his first UK artist, Sway, who won a Mobo Award in 2005 and was more recently short listed for the Mercury Music Prize in 2006.

As a well respected DJ, Dan has supported many well known groups at arena level as well as pioneering his own club night All City Live which has successfully championed live hip-hop for the last five years. He is now equally comfortable performing to crowds of 500 to 5000 people. As an artist and producer, Dan has released a string of commercially released mix tapes and albums. His joint release with DJ Yoda titled ‘Unthugged’ went on to sell over 10,000 copies in the UK alone. His corporate work has been wide reaching, having been asked to endorse brands such as Boxfresh, Maharishi and Nike to drinks brands such as Southern Comfort and Bacardi as well has being heavily involved in the Diesel U Music Awards for the last five years, this year he was invited to choose the winner of the urban category.

Dan is often asked to host and be the voice of many urban events and album campaigns adding further dimension as an extremely well rounded personality.