Jay Smooth
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| Jay Smooth | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Randolph New York City |
| Occupation | Writer, DJ, radio personality, blogger |
John Randolph, better known as Jay Smooth, is a cultural commentator best known for his Ill Doctrine web video series.[1]
He is also the founder of New York City's longest-running hip hop radio program,[2] WBAI's Underground Railroad.[3]
He blogs on the website hiphopmusic.com.[4] Ill Doctrine features Smooth's commentary on hip hop, politics, and social justice as in the "Soulja Boy Presidential Debate Remix" or the spot "How to Tell People They Sound Racist". Smooth also occasionally provides music commentary on NPR,[5] and founded one of the world's first hip-hop websites, hiphopmusic.com.[6]
Smooth, the son of a white, Jewish mother and a black father,[7] grew up in New York City, and attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School.[8] He chose the pseudonym "Jay Smooth" as a teenager when he started his radio program.
In 2008 he was chosen as one of Salon.com's "sexiest men living."[9]
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- ↑ http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/jay_smooth_interviews_drake_about_his_racial_indentity.html
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External links
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- illdoctrine.com, Smooth's video blog
- nildoctrine.com, Smooth's second blog
- hiphopmusic.com, Hiphopmusic.com, which Smooth founded
- WBAI archives
- [1], Big Think interview with Smooth
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