66 Raw
66 RAW was an XM Satellite Radio Hip-Hop channel. The service signed on September 25, 2001. The channel was originally launched and programmed by Radio One, Inc., but has since reverted to XM Radio.
Raw focused mostly on the hottest joints, underground tracks, and mix tapes from the freshest names in the world of Hip-Hop, dedicated to the die-hard fans of the genre. The channel was also commercial-free with DJs, but unlike terrestrial Urban Contemporary radio the music was comepletely uncensored as well as the call-ins were comepletely live and right-on-the-spot and did not need to be edited.
On November 12, 2008, Raw was eliminated from the XM lineup and replaced by Sirius's Shade 45 as part of a restructuring by Sirius XM Radio.
DJs
- The DJ list consisted of the "Shoguns" of 66 Raw. The "Shoguns" included, DJ DUB, DJ RNS, DNA, DJ Bee, The Funkregulata Celo, DJ Eque, DJ Furious Styles, DJ Scream, and DJ Chris Cool. Each had their own mixtape show, lasting AbOUT an hour, multiple DJs had their shows each day.
- Every Monday through Friday Leo G. ("The General", "Blaze") hosted his own mixtape show from 3:00PM to 4:00PM . Each day, except Thursday, Leo mixed underground tracks and exclusive mixes from current artists. On Thursday Leo G. put on a throwback show, it was the same format but featured old school tracks from the '80s and '90s. The show normally lasted an hour and encores were featured throughout the week.
- Following every Leo G. mixtape show, Mz Kitti put on a two hour show. Each day had a different theme, Mondays were "Slap a Mother [...] Mondays" where listeners called up telling who they would like to slap. Wednesdays were "Lock Down Wednesdays" in which listeners gave respect to their friends and family that have been incarcerated. Thursdays featured the "Dub Duce Countdown" and it was a countdown of the 22 most requested songs of the week.
- Besides the "Shoguns", Leo G.'s mixtape show, and Mz Kitti's show there were other DJs that hosted their own show. DJ Furious Styles hosted "Shine", a show in which he took unsigned artists tracks and put them on the air. Lil' Flip hosted "Clover G Radio" which was a simple, low key DJ show. Chamillionaire hosted "Chamilitary Radio" and it was also low key, both shows featured music from Texas and the south in general. Ludacris hosted "DTP Radio/Open Mic" he DJs and showcased music from the deep south. N.O.R.E. and C.N.N. hosted "Militainment Radio", another mixtape style show.