Rebel Army Radio

Rebel Army Radio is an online hip-hop music station based out of Cleveland, Ohio. The station is Cleveland's first to have a format that plays music entirely by rap artists from the city.

Background

Rebel Army Radio launched on June 12, 2008. Created by former WRUW-FM programmer Gezus Zaire, Rebel Army Radio became the first music station that features a near complete play list of unsigned artists from Cleveland. Of the more than 100 artists that have had their music played on the station, only Bizzy Bone, Ray Cash & Bone Thugs-n-Harmony have had major distribution. Nineteen nineties R&B vixen Adina Howard can also be heard on the station's lone celebrity drop. At least 130 songs are in rotation, giving Rebel Army Radio the largest programmed play list that exclusively features Cleveland artists.

Awards Show

The Rebel Army Radio Awards took place on December 21, 2008. Eleven trophies were distributed to Cleveland based artists. Unsigned rappers such as Drastic and Nessacary won the Best Male and Female MC Awards respectively. The D.O.C. Showstoppaz was named the Best Female Group while Black Money won the Best Male Group and Song of the Year Awards. The event which featured live performances was covered by the Call and Post newspaper. The Rebel Army Radio Awards is one of three Ohio based hip-hop award shows including, The 419 Underground Music Awards (established in 2009, hosted in Sandusky) and The Ohio Hip-Hop Awards (established in 2006, also hosted in Cleveland). Listed below are the winners at the Rebel Army Radio Awards.

Music Chart

With its Cleveland Top Singles chart, Rebel Army Radio weighs the top songs and performers in the city on a monthly basis. The first artist to top the chart twice and in back-to-back months was female rapper Nessacary. She was also the first artist to have three songs in the chart's ten slots in one month. Listed below are the chart toppers of each month.

External links

• Official site
• Myspace