Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award-nominated music podcast and media platform that celebrates Black music history and culture through smart, entertaining conversation. Hosted by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray, the show blends music commentary, music history, and pop culture analysis to explore the evolution, impact, and cultural significance of Black music across genres.

We are music school without the lecture, preserving and celebrating the often hidden stories and legacy of Black artists and music scenes.

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DJ Sir Daniel, my Walkman was my life.

The other little boys would be playing basketball while I was over

there fiddling with my cassettes.

DJ Sir Daniel: You were fancy because I had a small radio with a cassette player,

and I would stay up every weekend until 2am to listen to Mr. Magic and Kool

DJ Red Alert and record their shows.

I wish I still had those cassettes.

Man, classics, me too.

so, in the summertime, I would flip between BET and MTV all

day long and record music videos on those big VHS tapes.

DJ Sir Daniel: Listen,

Videos changed everything.

I would catch the number four express because it would get me home quicker

to watch Video Music Box, and on Fridays, oh Uncle Ralph only played hip

hop videos, so, you know, it was on.

Yo, I wish we had Video Music Box here.

But listen, music, culture, and history from a Black perspective.

Queue Points is all about the music that shaped our lives.

DJ Sir Daniel: And if this is music to your ears, check out Queue Points,

wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Yo, did you have a beeper growing up?

DJ Sir Daniel: Did I