Hard Knock Radio – August 14, 2024
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
On this episode of Hard Knock we speak with ODB’s wife Icelene Jones, son Bar-Sun Jones, his daughters, and Jason Pollard the director of the new documentary, Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys. Ol Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys is the first official feature documentary about the Grammy-nominated musician and legendary … Continued
Davey D and Tef Poe look back at what has transpired in Fergurson 10 years after Mike Brown was killed by a police officer which set off several months of protests. Has justice been served? Has Fergurson improved? Those questions are tackled during this broadcast Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on … Continued
In this episode Davey D speaks with Twilight Bey about the ongoing incidents of racial violence in the United Kingdom. Angry mobs attacked dozens of British towns and cities recently, some targeted businesses belonging to ethnic minority Britons. The unrest began in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing attack in Southport that killed three young girls, which agitators … Continued
America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. Alongside author Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, in this episode we examine the … Continued
We present a panel discussion featuring Mike Brown Sr discussing the murder of his son Mike Brown Jr. On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Later Davey D speaks with Meres-Sia Gabriel about her one woman play, I … Continued
We speak with Richard Coln (born January 1, 1966), better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is an American b-boy who was featured in the earliest stories on hip hop. We discuss the early moments of Hip Hop and breaking being added to the Paris 2024 Olympic program as a new sport. Hard Knock … Continued
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Davey D sits with a panel of experts to discuss education inequities in Oakland public schools. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.