Jay Smooth

This article is about the blogger and radio host. For the hip hop and reggaeton singer, see J Smooth.

John Randolph, better known by his deejay name Jay Smooth, is the founder of New York City's longest-running hip hop radio program,[1] WBAI's Underground Railroad.[2]

He is also known for blogging on the website hiphopmusic.com and hosting Ill Doctrine,[3][4] a hip hop video blog. Ill Doctrine features Smooth's commentary on hip hop and politics (as in the "Soulja Boy Presidential Debate Remix" or the spot "How to Tell People They Sound Racist").

The son of an African American father and a white mother, he grew up in New York City and credits his mixed racial heritage for putting him in a "unique position to travel between different worlds".[5] He chose the pseudonym "Jay Smooth" as a teenager when he started his radio program.[5]

In 2008 he was chosen as one of Salon.com's "sexiest men living".[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Panels at SXSW Interactive 2009". http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels?action=bio&id=199490. Retrieved 20 May 2009. 
  2. ^ "Underground Railroad - Jay Smooth". http://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=339&Itemid=42. Retrieved 20 May 2009. 
  3. ^ "Black Video Stars". Blackweb2.0. http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/04/24/black-video-stars/. Retrieved 20 May 2009. 
  4. ^ Albrecht, Chris. "Ninja Tops iTunes Podcast List (Again)". Newteevee.com. http://newteevee.com/2008/12/02/ninja-tops-itunes-podcast-list-again/. Retrieved 20 May 2009. 
  5. ^ a b "Jay Smooth: On Hip-Hop, Blogs And Race," All Things Considered, National Public Radio (June 29, 2009).
  6. ^ "Sexiest Man Living". Salon.com. http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/sexiest_man_living/. 

He chose the pseudonym "J Smooth" as a teenager when he started his radio program. This moniker eventually morphed to "Jay Smooth."

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