Photography by Caitlin Free

Boom box radio, which is the brainchild of Toronto artist Special and Hip-Hop Futurist Wallholder bang 20 minutes of classic hip hop, cleverly woven together with new tunes, and even a few exclusives. Special, who previously hosted the 20 episode podcast series The Low Pro Podcast Show, describes the show as a weekly walk through his incredibly stacked IPOD. “There are a lot of current podcasts already pumping the newest music, and many which strictly focus on old school”, notes Wallholder, “but this is different, we play songs that people won’t expect”. Special describes his intentions with the show by saying, “Every week I try to play things that will not only bring fond memories back to purists, but also open ears to things they may have either never heard before, or looked over in the past. I used to hate bumping what everyone else was bumping when I was young, and as a result always found myself searching for the next thing, and wearing out the B-Sides. Music is my life, and this show is something therapeutic to me.” The show, which already has a dedicated following, is looking towards a promising future. “Hip hop isn’t dead”, Wallholder has been quoted as saying, “it lives on Boom box radio”.

Photography by Caitlin Free

Boom box radio has new episodes every saturday exclusively on boomboxradio.ca, and can be subscribed to through the I-Tunes music service.