"Revolt Radio" is a unique mix of Underground, Commercial, & Mash-Up Hip-Hop. Each broadcast looks to rebel against what your currently hearing on the airwaves right now. Hosted by Black Knight, Revolt Radio airs every Wednesday from 8:00-9:00 PM with exclusive music from Nu Revolution Camp Founder/Artist, Wordsmith; Camp MC's Kontact, Black Knight, All-Biz, and numerous signed/unsigned artists making noise in the game. THE FIRST BROADCAST DEBUTED MARCH 26TH, 2008. TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 8:00-9:00 PM!!!

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STATION MANAGER: WORDSMITH

WORDSMITH can claim many areas around the globe as his home. The son of a former Full Colonel in the Army, he has resided in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Kansas and even Germany to name a few. After moving around so much, Word found rap as an outlet when he started saving his lunch money each week throughout high school to buy classic tapes from Redman, Big L, Nas, Eric B. and Rakim, Jeru the Damaja, A tribe called Quest, Da Bush Babees, Krs One, Gangstarr, Das Efx, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and his cousin Roc Marciano. Though, Wordsmith is a versatile MC, he is also a theater trained actor graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts from Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland. Performing in plays like “All my Sons, ” and the Musical “1776,” Word was able to translate his acting skills to his music and live shows. He refers to his stage shows as “Hip-Hop Plays” because of the scenery changes, props, and stunning movements that bring his songs to Life on stage. On January 27th, 2007, Wordsmith had the opportunity to debut his stage show on Adelphia/Comcast Cable’s Backstage Pass Show and he pulled out all the stops by using everything from fake snow, fake rain, umbrellas, tables, chairs, leaves, confetti and more. Wordsmith doesn’t want to wait until he has access to a major set as he feels like he can accomplish his vision right now by being very persistent in his craft.

Wordsmith’s debut album, “Vintage Material” is going to lay the foundation for the type of music Word will be releasing in the future. Everything from Soulful undertones, 90’s Backdrops, unparalleled lyrics, and head banging commercial appeal, will make this project a classic on your shelf for years to come. On the show tip, Wordsmith created this project to be performed in large arenas, so get ready to experience a stage show that will closely resemble his Theater background. Still, before the release of his debut album, Word teamed up with the Legendary Chubb Rock to make a monumental project called “Bridging the Gap." It is scheduled to be released in January of 2009 on Liason Records (US). Simultaneously, Wordsmith will be releasing an album in the UK called "A Baltimore Martini" with Dutch artist I.N.C The Poet on Dented Records (UK). Word’s future projects, “Appetizer at the Pioneer Pub EP," “The Next Level Experience,” “The Soundscape Experience,” “The Golden Era,” "Legacy of the Great," and two Rock/Hip-Hop albums called “Rockstrumentals” and “R2: Ground Zero” will continue to show his diversity for many years to come. Word’s plan in the future is to have one of his Hip-Hop projects drop on the same day as one of his Rock projects, so he can dominate two separate genres of music at the same time. On the mixtape circuit, Wordsmith has released an official mix album called “Statements & Stipulations,” which was sponsored by 730 from HipHopgame.com. He followed that up with a remix version of the project called “Statements & Stipulations” Special Edition. Not too many people put out mixtapes that sound like albums and MTV’s Mixtape Mondays seemed to agree with him as they dubbed his Mix Album a notable selection in 2005. This project ultimately spawned interviews and reviews with The Baltimore City Paper, Hip-Hop Weekly, One-Ten Magazine, The Atlantic City Press, ABC’s Official Heat, HipHopgame.com, HipHop.org, RapTalk.net, Rago Magazine, Who Mag DVD, Hoodlife DVD, King Size Magazine, HHNLIVE.com, Soundslam.com, Grind Mode Magazine, Critical Beatdown Magazine, The Noyse Magzine, Okay Player, XM Radio UKHH.com, Britishhiphop.co.uk and more.

In 2006, Word knew he had to take his music to the Next Level as he put it and he did just that by releasing a Radio Smash called “Mami Chula.” It debuted on Canada’s Number one urban station 103.7, The Monster and Japan’s number 1 urban station, Joint One Radio 76.1 FM, on the same day, October 24th, 2006. Word’s underground single, Season of the MC, debuted on Comcast Cable Music Choice in October to complete the package and overall Word currently has well over 6 tracks in rotation on Comcast Music Choice and that afforded Wordsmith the opportunity to debut his next level stage show on Adelphia/Comcast Cable’s Backstage Pass Show on January 22nd, 2007.

In 2007, it was time for Word to make some noise on the College Radio airwaves and he did just that. A track called "Ode to tha Pioneers" that ended 2007 ranked number 10 on the RapNetwork National College Radio Charts Top 30 and peaked at number 4 as of Jan. 22nd, 2008. This track is a prequel to another song that’s only been released on Wordsmith's myspace page called "As the Art Fades Away," and it seems the track has garnered its own attention as well. In 2007, fans and underground Hip-Hop heads have voiced there discrepancies about a Nas track titled “Surviving the Times” that closely resembles Word’s track “As the Art Fades Away” The story got so big that Wordsmith and Nas A&R, Mike Brink, did a conference call to discuss the issue and clear the air. HipHopdx.com played the mediator and dropped the follow up story to satisfy the delight of the many fans that were looking for a conclusion to the story.

Needless to say, the PR has helped both MC’s and Wordsmith will move forward with the official release of his single when he can lock down a recording contract with an independent or major label. In the meantime, on January 8th, 2008, Wordsmith released the HipHopdx.com sponsored Mix Album, “The Revolution Begins with a Takeover” Vol. 1 to help promote his debut album. The mixtape has received rave reviews from HipHop Weekly & the Premier Mixtape site Mixtapekings.com. On May 30th, Wordsmith released his second mixtape of 2008 called "The Mid-Year Review" and he will follow that up with "The Revolution Begins with a Takeover" Vol. 2 and The 2008 Wrap-Up Mixtapes to cap the year off.

This year has also seen Wordsmith sign a huge Marketing Deal with Joint One Radio to promote his music and image in Japan. As of August 2008, they secured a deal for Wordsmith to write some of the theme music for a New Platinum Games/Sega release called “Madword,” which will debut on the Nintendo Wii. A deal with the UK based RVUP soon followed and they will be marketing wordsmith throughout the United Kingdom.

Towards the middle of 2008 Word started to get his feet wet in the radio arena. In February Poot from 103.9/0C 104 contacted Wordsmith after being recommended by eastern shore MC Tryfe and his manager Kev to do the Hip-Hop Intro’s for the station. Currently, Word handles the show intros for Chubb Love from 10-2 PM & Poot during his 7-12 PM Timeslot. As of March 2008, Word started his own worldwide Podcast called “Revolt Radio,” that has over 10,000 subscribers after 21 weeks on the air. Syndication deals with Amalgam Digital, they released Joe Buddens Mood Muzik, Theindieplanet.com, Crackaudio.com, Conspiracy Worldwide Radio (UK), EG Radio Online, The Vibe Source, Unsignedhype.org & Microphonebully.com, will take the podcast to the next level. These universal deals not only describe Wordsmith to a “T,” but they represent the very diverse camp he has been putting together for a few years.

HOST: BLACK KNIGHT

BLACK KNIGHT'S roots can be traced back to what is deemed the Mecca of Hip-Hop, New York. As a Long Island Native, B.K. has been an avid listener of old school acts like Leaders of the New School, Ice Cube, Redman, A Tribe Called Quest, Das Efx, Black Moon, & Gangstarr to name a few. Hip-Hop is definitely in Black Knights blood as he is cousins with up and coming underground artist Wordsmith & his brother Professa. They routinely made their own mixtapes and videos intimating popular shows like Yo MTV Raps as kids, so Black Knight always had music in his blood.

A former Football Star at Hempstead High, B.K. joined Wordsmith at Morgan State University on full football scholarships, but a change of heart after Black Knights freshman year stared him in another direction. Going on 8 years now, B.K. has been a certified Surgical Technician specializing in prepping, sterilizing the OR for surgery, transporting patients to and from the OR, passing instruments to the attending surgeon, retracting, clipping, clamping the patient's tissues, drilling, pining the patient's bones, and suturing incisions. His job also puts him in a mind frame to think quickly and keep a cool head; traits that B.K. translate to his music. Like his hands, Black Knight has a lyrical dexterity that is impressive, yet still raw to a degree.

In 2004, Black Knight started frequenting Wordsmith’s house & studio to sit in on his studio sessions. Little by Little B.K. started writing rhymes and Word would give him advice on how to spit verses, write hooks, and make complete songs. Like his day job, Black Knight was a quick learner and that allowed Wordsmith to put him on some of his free download material exclusive to his website and he had the only feature on Word’s debut Mix Album, 730 Presents Wordsmith “Statement & Stipulations.” Featured on the track “The Hydrolic Theory,” Black Knight delivered a precise flow that showcased the type of growth he could have as an MC. By the beginning of 2005, B.K. had to make a tough personal decision that he new would cause him to put a halt to his Hip-Hop career for a while, but he returned with a renewed love for the game 2 years later.

As 2006 rolled around Black Knight returned to his home roots of New York and started getting more involved with some of the operations Wordsmith’s Nu Revolution Camp. A lot had changed since B.K. was gone, Word recruited new MC’s like Kontact & SoL & RhymeZwell along with four in house producers named Professa, Strada, Capish, & Street Level. The camp also had a resident web technician named DJ Andrew and the overall running of the camp was like legit independent label. Working hard to attain the skills he had harnessed back in 2004, B.K. went through more growing pains as he looked to pick up where he left off. By this time Wordsmith was heavy on the show circuit and one of Black Knights first shows was an event with the legendary Chubb Rock & Jaz-O. B.K. hit the stage to perform for the first time as a feature on a Wordsmith track called “Judged in Da Cipha.”Looking very comfortable on stage, B.K. started backing up former Nu Revo member RhymeZwell from out of Boston. This constant work motivated B.K. to become even more involved with Word’s daily operations.

Between 2007 and 2008, B.K. had a completed Mix Album called “The Allure,” appeared on an EP with RhymeZwell, made a few appearances on DJ Ophax’s international mixtapes, and participated in numerous shows involving his cousin Wordsmith. Still, it wasn’t until March of 2008 that Black Knight found his true calling. On March 26th, Wordsmith started a worldwide podcast called “Revolt Radio” and he tabbed his cousin Black Knight to host the show. Born with a unique gift of comedy and a smooth speaking voice, B.K. has helped grow the podcast to over 10,000 subscribers and as of recently conductedinterviews with Cymarshall Law, Talia Coles, & former Microsoft employee Shadeed of Theindieplanet.com On the side, Black Knight is an avid promoter and he continues to work on new material. Right now he has an EP in the works and he will be a constant selection for Hardcopy Beats & Heat DVD’s “Long Island The Mixtape Series.” Though Cliché’, sky is the limit for B.K. as he continues to grow as an artist and wait for an opportunity to showcase his talents on a national level.

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