Word is Bond Rap Radio

Chase March brings you the best underground hip-hop music and talk with his weekly radio show. He educates and entertains with interviews, hip-hop history, and mixsets. Listen to Word is Bond live, stream, or download the show.

Send submissions (albums or singles) in 320 kbps MP3 format (or Apple Music links) to wordisbondrapradio@gmail.com No other streaming links are accepted.

  • WIB Rap Radio #327 – Lee Reed

    We start out the show with 30 minutes of great Lee Reed music, and then talk to the man himself in this special edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. Lee Reed is an amazing artist and veteran of the Hamilton music scene. Right now, he is fighting a battle against an unfair system that

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  • Word is Bond Remembers Aretha Franklin

    We pay tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who passed away last week in this edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. We start out with a story about her iconic version of “Respect” and the history behind the tune. Then work our way through 30 minutes of tunes that sampled her music,

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  • Branded Moore Takes Over Word is Bond

    Branded Moore takes over Word is Bond Rap Radio to celebrate the release of his new album with DJ Over, “Low Fidelity Broadcast” We play tunes from the project, premiere a few tracks from the vaults that no one has ever heard before, take a live caller, and have an in-depth discussion about all things

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  • Hip-Hop Has a Birthday? (Know Your History)

    August 11th, 1973 is considered to be the birth of hip-hop culture. In this edition of Know Your History, we get to the bottom of how that can be. This was part of Radio Western’s Word Up 2018, the first annual day-long celebration of hip-hop music and culture. This is Episode 78 of Know Your

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  • The Mars March Show

    My daughter came with me to the radio station last night, just to hang out. But when we got there, it was eerily silent. The computer was not broadcasting the show that comes on before mine. Instead, there was the dreaded thing that sometimes happens in radio – dead air. I quickly threw on a

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  • Every Show Needs a DJ (WIB Rap Radio)

    One of the lyrics in a song I played this week says, “Every show needs a DJ” and I couldn’t agree more. That’s why you get two hours of music mixed live on the radio every week here on Word is Bond Rap Radio. And hire a DJ if you are putting on a rap

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