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Young Thug, Chuck D, Gamble & Huff & The NYT Greatest Songwriter List
Prompted by The New York Times list of the greatest living American songwriters, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray analyze the criteria behind modern music canonization and legacy preservation. The conversation interrogates Young Thug's inclusion o...
Protest Music History: Marvin Gaye to Kendrick Lamar
Black protest music has evolved significantly from the Vietnam War-era anthems of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to modern social commentary from Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monáe, and Donald Glover. Hosts DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray examine why...
John Crooms on Archiving Atlanta's Black Music Nightlife
John Crooms (Credit: Steve West)
Veteran photographer and documentarian John Crooms joins hosts DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray to examine over three decades of capturing Atlanta's Black music nightlife and underground culture. The conversation...
Fat Joe, the N-Word & Hip-Hop's Reckoning
Hosts DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray address Fat Joe's public defense of his N-word usage, examining how his Bronx hip-hop heritage intersects with accountability, racial identity, and audience boundaries. They analyze the potential impact of th...
Krate Digga & Dominic Lawson on 'The Krate Doc' Film
This episode centers on The Krate Doc, the new documentary from The Ummah Creative Group that follows DJ Krate Digga through five gigs in a single weekend in Columbus, Ohio. DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray split the conversation in two: Jay Ray t...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award nominated music podcast that is dropping the needle on Black Music history and celebrating Black music through meaningful dialogue. The show is hosted by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray.
Rapper, Producer, DJ Host of The Almanac of Rap
Johnnie Ray Kornegay III (Jay Ray) is Deputy Director for Strategy and Impact for CNP (Counter Narrative Project). He is also a podcast consultant and co-host and producer of the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award-nominated Queue Points podcast.
DJ/Selector and part of Atlanta's, all-vinyl crew, Wax Fundamentals. Co-host of the Queue Points podcast. Sir Daniel is also the producer of the Wake Up with Dee Morning Show on News & Talk WAOK.
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