NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was 1979 and the radio took Hip Hop to new heights with "Rappers Delight." "I just was blown away, went down to the local record store got the 12-inch and brought it home and ...
Even in the codeine-drenched, genre-fluid rap world fans live in today, the radio freestyle remains an immutable polygraph test for raw skill and mic presence. If listeners can feel you off the ...
A week after moving to Los Angeles from Houston in 1983, Greg Mack wandered into Ameraycan Recording Studios in North Hollywood, ready to shake some hands at an industry party. Recently hired as the ...
“If you’re an artist and you’re signed to a major label, you want to be on the radio, especially if you’re popular,” Kanye West told Power 105.1’s Charlamagne tha God in May. West has enjoyed the ...
As the adult contemporary genre continues to dominate, some programmers from the “easy listening” format are contemplating how to put rap into rotation. By Jason Lipshutz, Billboard Last week, Maroon ...
A new Fort Wayne radio station is meant to be played LOUD. Loud 103.3 launched Thursday, touted as Fort Wayne’s only hip-hop radio station. The Adams Radio Group station will play current hip-hop ...
“Just four years ago, there were no Black full-time sports hosts on the radio in Detroit,” Parker said. “In a city that’s nearly 80% Black, I looked at that as a problem.” Joining Parker in ownership ...
If the future is female, then streaming services are wildly behind the times — the big winners on these platforms are overwhelmingly men. In 2018, for example, just three of the Top 25 most-streamed ...
“I’m there to be a funny, polished radio jock. That’s not what I think of as my legacy in hip-hop.” Photo: Natalie Amrossi “I’m there to be a funny, polished radio jock. That’s not what I think of as ...
'I’m proud of the product the staff delivered. But I’m devastated that I couldn’t deliver this for our culture,' says Sports Rap Radio owner, Rob Parker. In June, veteran sports anchor Rob Parker ...
Musician and radio personality Lady B was honored on Saturday afternoon when city officials renamed the West Philadelphia street she grew up on after her. The 5700 block of Wyndale Avenue in Overbrook ...
The album, which the Public Enemy frontman describes as a “compilation of voices,” includes guest verses from Schoolly D, Phill Most Chill and many more. From A Tribe Called Quest’s “Show Business” ...
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