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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Local hip-hop radio could learn a lot from the shopping mall. In recent months, The Streets at Southpoint, the sprawling 1.3-million-square-foot emporium a dozen miles from downtown Durham, has ...

Less than 90 days after its launch, Detroit-based Sports Rap Radio, touted as the nation’s first sports-talk radio station completely owned by and featuring African American talent, has come to an end ...

“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 ...