Drake, Pharrell, Elton John revealed as Apple Beats 1 radio show hosts
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Drake, Pharrell and Sir Elton John will host shows on Beats 1, Apple's radio station which launches on Tuesday.
Joining them will be Dr Dre, St. Vincent, Disclosure, Josh Homme and Will Smith's son Jaden.
Former Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe is one of the services three main DJs along with ex-Hot 97 host Ebro Darden of Hot 97 in New York and Julie Adenuga in London.
According to The New York Times, external, Elton John's show will be called Elton John's Rocket Hour.
Dr Dre, who co-founded headphone firm Beats, will host a show called The Pharmacy.
All the artists involved will "host and plan the shows themselves".
Apple has launched its promo for Beats 1., external
Meanwhile, Zane Lowe's first interview on Beats 1 is with Eminem in which he talks about working on the music for the new film Southpaw.
The station's studios are still being built and technicians spent all day fixing his microphone ahead of the interview with the rapper, which has already been recorded in LA.
"Everyone keeps going to their devices because of fear of missing out," he told The New York Times.
"I'm constantly going on Instagram, Twitter, wondering what's going on in my friends' lives. What am I missing?
"I want that for radio. What's on right now, right now, that I didn't know I wanted to listen to?"
He also said he's sure Beats 1 will be a success, although he's secretly dreading what could happen.
Zane Lowe, 41, his wife Kara and their two sons have moved to Los Angeles
"The whole thing could be a total, abject disaster," he said.
"When an artist goes on to have a brilliant career and five years later we can look back and be proud of whatever role we had in that."
He said his move to Apple was such a big secret that his children didn't know they were moving to Los Angeles until a 'For Sale' sign appeared outside their house.
The idea for Beats 1 came from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, chief creative officer at Beats Music and one of Apple Music's key designers.
Trent Reznor performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals with Nine Inch Nails in 2013
He said he heard Zane Lowe's show while on tour and wondered whether it would work on a global scale.
He says with limitless digital music and choice "you can feel way down in a crevice - everything gets so nichey".
"I wondered if in today's world there is still a place for monoculture. Can that still exist?"
Earlier this week, Taylor Swift announced her album will appear on the tech giant's new streaming service, which Beats 1 is part of.
She challenged Apple over the fact they weren't planning to pay royalties to artists during Apple Music's three-month free trial period.
The service will allow users to stream singles and albums and is set to cost $9.99 (£6.30) per month in the US for one person or $14.99 (£9.50) for families.
The company says it plans to pay 73% of the music subscription revenue to music owners.
As well as the streaming service, Apple also announced a media platform for artists called Connect.
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