SimplyRadio

ACTIVE · STREAMING 24/7

NYC Hip-Hop 24/7

Simply Hip-Hop Radio

Brooklyn, 1997. DJ Kenny Scan put hip-hop on the internet before most people knew what streaming was. The promise then is the same one this station keeps now: artists you know, and artists you never knew existed—picked by ear, not by algorithm.

Simply Hip-Hop Radio — Streaming 24/7 since 1997
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SIMPLY HIP-HOP RADIO · ORIGINAL STATION IDENTITY

The story behind this station

Where the signal started.

Full albums, B-sides, deep crates and new discoveries are curated the same way they were on The Stream back in the Winamp era.

Brooklyn roots, full albums, B-sides, underground classics and new discoveries—selected for their place in the culture, not their position in an algorithm.

ROOTS

The original hip-hop stream, freestyle sessions, independent artists and Brooklyn underground records.

NOW

Foundations, classics, deep album cuts and new discoveries selected by a working DJ.

From the SimplyRadio archive

Photos, artwork
and moments.

Original photographs, station artwork and memories collected throughout the life of SimplyRadio.

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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVESIMPLY HIP-HOP · HERITAGE LOGO
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEWith Redman.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMe and Redman.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMe and Redman.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMe and Nems, Coney Island rap star, at his grand opening.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMe and Statik Selektah.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMe and Caveman Rosario, super engineer.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEWith Rick Ross — connected through tech work, 2019/20.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEWith 5 Mics NYC.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEVintage b-boy.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVETommy Boy vinyl at the NS7.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEIn front of the TICAL banner.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVENights into mornin'.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEWith Allen Iverson.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEWith Xzibit.
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SIMPLYRADIO ARCHIVEMiami.