The story of L.A.’s KDAY, the first all-rap radio station

[ad_1] 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 music director for KDAY-AM (1580), Mack, 23, was there on a direct invitation from singer Ray Parker Jr., who owned… Continue reading The story of L.A.’s KDAY, the first all-rap radio station

Vogue at a gas station: L.A. protest mourns O’Shae Sibley

[ad_1] Dozens of members from the West Coast ballroom community gathered at a central Los Angeles gas station Friday evening to dance in protest of the death of O’Shae Sibley. Sibley was fatally stabbed at a gas station in Brooklyn on July 29 after he vogued to Beyoncé music near the gas pumps. The L.A.… Continue reading Vogue at a gas station: L.A. protest mourns O’Shae Sibley