Jay Quan

Jay Quan


JayQuan is a music historian with an emphasis on Hip Hop, lecturer, narrator, webmaster,  avid record collector, and music lover.

Since 1998, he has been writing online about Hip Hop  culture ,the art of Emceeing and the evolution of rap records. Jay is the founder and operator of The Foundation (jay-quan.com), a website that contains in-depth interviews with the founders of  Hip Hop, biographies and profiles on the legendary rap groups, as well as a detailed timeline  which chronicles the history of rap records.

JayQuan produces, narrates and edits an acclaimed  series of what he describes as “infomentaries” called The Lessons on his YouTube channel. The  Lessons are best defined as video cliff notes about the legendary pioneers of the rap genre. 

JayQuan is a staff writer and content creator with LL COOL J's Rock The Bells, and his writings have appeared in Rolling Stone, Universal Music's U Discover Music, and Richmond Magazine. Jay serves as Minister of Information for Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, and he is the official historian for the National Hip-Hop Museum in Washington, D.C.

Jay'S ARTICLES

D-Nice performs at Urban One Honors 2022 - Day 2 on December 03, 2021 in Austell, Georgia. news

D-Nice Announces Line-Up For 'Club Quarantine Live' Feat. Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Rapsody And More

Oakland, CA January 7, 1992 - Tupac Shakur. (Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives) news

2Pac's 'How Do You Want It' Enters Billboard Chart Almost 30 Years After His Death

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RTB Rewind: 'Hard Times'/'Jam Master Jay', Run-DMC's Second Single

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20 Forgotten Songs From Rap Music's Drum Machine Era

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Snoop Dogg And Dr. Dre Release The Trailer For Their Short Film, 'Missionary'

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Roc Marciano And The Alchemist Announce New Album, 'The Skeleton Key'

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Slick Rick attends the 11th Annual Birthday Celebration! Slick Rick: The Ruler at Brooklyn Bowl on March 05, 2022 in New York City. news

Slick Rick On LL COOL J's 'Most Important' Claim: "There's Nothing Wrong With Being Confident"

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Everything You Don't Know About Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'"