- Collection:
- Popular Music Collections
- Title:
- Jamilla Gibson Bell oral history interview, 2024-07-19
- Creator:
- Bell, Jamilla Gibson
- Contributor to Resource:
- Newberry, Brittany
- Date of Original:
- 2024-07-19
- Subject:
- African American periodicals
Disc jockey radio programs
Disc jockeys
African American disc jockeys
African Americans--Music
Record labels
African American radio stations
African American radio broadcasters
Segregation
African Americans--Segregation
African American celebrities
Stores, Retail
Rap (Music)
Hip-hop
Texas Southern University
Florida International University
Motown Record Corporation
Stax Records
WERD (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
WJJD (Chicago, Illinois)
WCIN (Cincinnati, Ohio)
WLOU (Louisville, Ky.)
WMBM (Miami, Fla.)
WABQ (Cleveland, Ohio)
Colony Square (Atlanta, Ga.)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Mary Elizabeth Hotel (Miami, Fla.)
Sir John Hotel (Miami, Fla.)
Lord Calvert Hotel (Miami, Fla)
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Musicians, Black - People:
- Gibson, Jack, 1925-2000
Gibson, Sadye
Wonder, Stevie
Gordy, Berry
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
Eaton, Maynard, 1949-2023
Bell, Eldrin
Heavy D, 1967-2011
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006
Prince
Queen Latifah, 1970-
T. I., 1980-
Jack the Rapper
Jockey Jack - Location:
- United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach, 25.79065, -80.13005
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, Liberty City, 25.83926, -80.22866
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, 36.17497, -115.13722
United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, 39.12711, -84.51439
United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Kennedy Heights, 39.18561, -84.40827 - Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Jill (Jamilla) Gibson is a certified media professional based in Atlanta, Georgia. Gibson was born in 1945 in Chicago Illinois. As the daughter of Jack "The Rapper" Gibson, a pioneer in black radio and the black music industry, Gibson grew up surrounded by black music and entertainment. Gibson also worked alongside her mother Sadye in directing the "Jack the Rapper's Family Affair" music conference. Gibson has a bachelor's in merchandising and business from Florida International University and a master of business administration from Texas Southern University.
Within this interview, Jill Gibson discusses her upbringing, career, and the life of her father, Jack "The Rapper" Gibson. In addition to being one the first black radio disc jockeys, Jack Gibson also created "Jack the Rapper's Mello Yello" - a magazine about the black music industry - and "Jack the Rapper's Family Affair - a black music conference started in 1977 Atlanta. Gibson details her experience working for the Family Affair conferences, as well the influence her father's career on black music and Atlanta's hip hop scene today. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/popmusic/id/11071
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: M259_GibsonBellJ_20240719, Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project, Music and Popular Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Container 679
Music and Popular Culture Collection
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/4767
Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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