NEW YORK, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that entertainment icon LL COOL J will launch his
new SiriusXM classic Hip-Hop channel on March 28 entitled LL COOL J's "Rock the Bells
Radio."
The channel will feature 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.
"Rock the Bells Radio" is allowing its audience to look at and
listen to classic Hip-Hop through the lens of our current culture
and music.
LL says, "If you wanna be a fly on the wall in the world of
Classic Hip-Hop, SiriusXM's 'Rock the Bells Radio' is for you. It's
where fans can come and be immersed in the music, the culture, the
energy and the history of Classic Hip-Hop." LL continues, "We're
gonna have great artists, legendary artists, lyricists, superstars,
sex symbols. This is the place to be if you want uncut, raw, pure,
classic Hip-Hop, but there's one catch—it's strictly for
O.G.'s."
To help launch the channel, a special invitation-only roller
skating event will take place on Wednesday,
March 28 at World of Wheels in Los
Angeles. The "Rock the Bells Radio" launch will be hosted by
LL COOL J along with the acclaimed DJ Z-Trip; a live broadcast of
the event will air at 7pm
PST/10pm EST on "Rock the
Bells Radio" SiriusXM Channel 43!
"Rock the Bells Radio" is named after a combination of one of
LL's hit tracks, "Rock the Bells," and the title of the
groundbreaking, debut album it came from, "Radio." "Rock the Bells
Radio" will air on channel 43, available on satellite radios, the
SiriusXM app and other connected devices.
The channel logo for LL COOL J's "Rock the Bells Radio" was
created by the acclaimed and influential American contemporary
street artist, Shepard Fairey, famous for creating the iconic
Barack Obama "Hope" poster during the 2008 presidential
campaign.
"We couldn't be more excited that LL COOL J's "Rock the Bells
Radio" channel will launch live from our special Los Angeles event. SiriusXM was at the
forefront of the classic hip-hop format, and with LL on board, it
makes the channel that much more compelling," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content
Officer, SiriusXM. "With both the channel and this unique event, LL
will be taking SiriusXM listeners on a hip-hop journey that can't
be found anywhere else. For listeners looking for the origins and
influences of today's burgeoning hip-hop culture, they need only
turn to LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells Radio" to hear it. LL will make
the channel feel as current and alive as today's music with stellar
presentation, surprising programming choices, and new cuts from
classic artists."
LL COOL J is an entertainment icon who has achieved great
success crossing into multiple mediums. A Kennedy Center Honoree,
two-time GRAMMY® Award winner, recording artist, actor,
author, NAACP Image Award winner, entrepreneur and philanthropist,
LL displays his wide range of talents with every
project.
LL COOL J's "Rock the Bells Radio" is the latest SiriusXM
channel created with iconic and leading artists, including Diplo's
Revolution, Eminem's Shade 45, Bruce
Springsteen's E Street Radio, The Beatles Channel,
Jimmy Buffett's Radio
Margaritaville, Garth Brooks' The
Garth Channel, Willie Nelson's
Willie's Roadhouse, Kenny Chesney's
No Shoes Radio, Tom Petty Radio, Pearl Jam Radio, B.B. King's
Bluesville, Elvis Radio, Siriusly Sinatra, and Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzy's Boneyard.
SiriusXM subscribers will be 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.
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