Old School Hip Hop to Modern Beats: How Hip Hop Shaped Radio Culture
Hip hop and radio grew up together. From the early days of block parties in the Bronx to today's global streaming landscape, hip hop has always been a radio-first culture. At JetSetFM, hip hop isn't just a genre we play — it's foundational to our identity as a rhythmic radio station. The Birth: DJs, Block Parties, and the Breakbeat In the mid-1970s, a Jamaican immigrant named DJ Kool Herc began […]
