Hip Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shante to Launch New Show on LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Radio on SiriusXM
SiriusXM announced today that hip-hop pioneer Roxanne Shante will host a new three-hour daily show exclusively on LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Radio on SiriusXM.
Rock The Bells Radio’s flagship daily show, “Have A Nice Day” with Roxanne Shante featuring DJ Sylk, will feature the two hip-hop vets Roxanne Shante and DJ Sylk introducing listeners to hip-hop history while providing an entertaining take on today’s biggest popular culture headlines, covering classic moments and current events in hip-hop and more.
“I am so excited to be coming to SiriusXM and listen as I teach, preach and reach,” said Roxanne Shante. “I am looking forward to rocking your ears, rocking your world and being the one you rock with daily on LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells. That’s a lot of rocking. I’m Roxanne Shante and Have a Nice Day.”
“Shante represents classic hip-hop culture to the fullest,” said LL COOL J. “She’s one of the wittiest freestylers to ever touch a mic! I’m grateful to set off our live programming with a true OG. Sky’s the limit! She and DJ Sylk will help make sure Rock The Bells fans really do Have A Nice Day!”
“Have A Nice Day” with Roxanne Shante featuring DJ Sylk premiered last Monday, at 4:00 pm ET on Rock The Bells Radio, via satellite on channel 43 through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online.
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Roxanne Shante is a hip-hop musician and rapper. Roxanne Shante’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” took the scene by storm in the 80’s, putting her in the spotlight as one of rap’s first popular female MCs. In 2018, Netflix released the critically acclaimed Roxanne, Roxanne a dramatized biopic about Shante’s life.
LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Radio features a wide range of classic hip-hop content, music, interviews and in-depth retrospectives curated and presented by LL, as well as other innovators of hip-hop music, including Ice Cube, Stetsasonic, Eric B. & Rakim, Snoop Dogg, Outkast, Kool Moe Dee, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Ultramagnetic MCs, Too Short, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Canibus, Wu-Tang Clan, Run-DMC, Brand Nubian, De La Soul, Black Moon and Ice T.
SiriusXM offers people without a subscription the chance to sample SiriusXM’s content on the SiriusXM app and the streaming web player at SiriusXM.com, seamlessly and without any registration requirements. Go to https://siriusxm.us/2AVma2a to tune in.
SiriusXM subscribers are able to listen to LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Radio (channel 43) on SiriusXM radios, and those with streaming access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn more.
SOURCE Sirius XM Holdings Inc.
