Jay Smooth

  • Homophobia in Hip-Hop

    Rumpus pal W. Kamau Bell talked to prominent hip-hop video-blogger Jay Smooth in an interview spotlighted over at Racialicious. The two discuss homophobia in hip-hop and the eminent wisdom of black queer icons like James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, and Audre…

  • Jay Smooth on “The Big Moment”

    Jay Smooth is the founder of WBAI’s Underground Railroad, New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show.  Like nearly all other bipeds, he has a blog. What differentiates Smooth from the pack is that his video posts on ill doctrine are…