Star Bucwild - A Conversation With Hip Hop Pioneer

star bucwild is one of hip hop’s most well known and influential radio personalities. His show appeals to the commonality among people, and is fast paced and topical. He has made a name for himself as a sarcastic and controversial personality that reaches across the board. He is a media icon in his own right and has been on numerous TV shows including; Donahue, Geraldo and Ricky Lake. Star’s foray into the media began in the early to mid ’90s when he started publishing a cutting edge teen magazine called Around the Way Connections. The publication had such a major impact in the New York tri state area that it landed him on several television shows including; Charles Perez, Donahue and a series hosted by Ricky Lake.

The success of his teen publication led to MTV adding him to their Beat Suite cast. This exposure and his personality caught the attention of Emmis Broadcasting who offered him a slot at their flagship New York station; Hot 97. He won the mind-share of millions of listeners during his tenure on the airwaves.

Star’s foray into the world of Internet video has allowed him to reach a larger audience than ever before and he is now in talks with motion picture studios to bring Star and Buc Wild to Hollywood’s big screen. This will only help solidify his brand as he is now able to reach a much younger and more diverse audience than before.

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with Star for a segment on my show The Combat Jack Show. We discussed a number of different topics ranging from his latest Fuck the Police initiative, to the deaths of Shain Gandee and two others that happened because of carbon monoxide poisoning in West Virginia. We also spoke about a petition that is being circulated calling for Star to be removed from the airwaves.

While I understand the sentiment behind the petition and how many people are offended by his comments I also feel that people are putting way too much stock into what happens on a radio show that is produced by an entity with a broadcast license. If you were to boycott every show that had a black host on it, you would only hurt the medium.

I had a conversation with Hip Hop pioneer Vansylk who agreed that boycotting Hot 97 is not the answer but stated that so long as hip hop fans and artists put their weight behind one urban outlet (Hot 97) then nothing will change. He further explained that Star makes Emmis Broadcasting crazy money and that’s all the advertisers care about. If you’re going to boycott something then go after the people who gave you permission to do it. Then they can be held accountable. This is what some of the bigger battle rappers need to start thinking about.