Artist · Host · Storyteller
J-Reel connects the music, the books, the people and the untold stories behind the culture.
Inside the network
Culture in real time. History in the artists' own words. J-Reel moves between the conversation happening now and the stories that built it.
01Culture · Interviews · Conversation
Independent voices, current topics and unfiltered conversations with the people moving hip-hop forward.
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02Books · Biography · Untold Stories
Hip-hop literature, book reviews and the stories artists lived before the world heard the records.
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The ReeL Hip Hop Show · New episodeJ-Reel talks through the case, his conversations with 2Pac's father Billy Garland, and what the moment means for hip-hop history.
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Beyond the microphone
Before the interviews and the book reviews, there were bars. Step into J-ReeL's catalog and hear the artist behind the host.
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Just Being Reel · 2020
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The point of view
“The record is only one chapter. I want the story behind it.”
J-Reel is an artist, interviewer and cultural storyteller creating a home for the voices, books and lived experiences that make hip-hop bigger than a playlist.
