Rob Redding
| Robert "Rob" Redding Jr. | |
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Redding photo by Stephen Laskowski
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| Born | Robert Redding, Jr. Jan. 13, 1976 (age 39) Atlanta (Georgia, USA) |
| Pen name | Rob Redding |
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| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Media, music and art |
| Literary movement | Independent |
| Notable works | Created Redding News Review, Author of Why Black Lives Matter, Not a Nonviolent Negro, Disrupter, Where's the Change?, Resurrection and Resolution of Risk. And recorded Not a Nonviolent Negro and Unleash the Whip! albums |
| Notable awards | 100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America, Associated Press award, gold ADDY award |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | LaWanda Hunt (1999 to 2005, div.) |
| Children | Rachel Redding (stepdaughter) |
Robert "Rob" Redding, Jr. (born January 13, 1976) is an American media proprietor, award-winning radio talk show host, political commentator, independent journalist, a best-selling American author, a best-selling American music artist and songwriter, visual artist and social entrepreneur. Redding is known as the founder and publisher of Redding News Review and host of a talk radio show and podcast. In 2003, he was among few blacks to be named to Talkers Magazine's "100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America" and has received a proclamation for his work by the Atlanta City Council the same year. He made history being the only black program director in white-dominated talk radio station in 2009. His web site Redding News Review has earned three consecutive Black Web Awards. He currently runs the web's oldest black news aggregation outlet and first and most successful stand-alone subscriber-based web site and talk show.
Redding is the son of Rev. Robert Redding Sr., an Atlanta pastor and former president of the Fayette County's Black Voters League, and the late Mary Ann Redding, who was an Atlanta public school teacher and a Fayette school board candidate. He began his media career as a hip-hop radio personality at KZWA-FM, while at McNeese State University in Lake Charles in 1994.
In 1996, he accepted a full-time position as a hip-hop night personality at WIBB-FM in Macon, GA, where he was named "Tony Smoove" by his program director. Macon was also the home of another Redding family member, '60s soul singer Otis Redding.
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