The Nadeska Show
The host of her namesake show as well as R&B Now, Nadeska Alexis brings a one-of-a-kind, truly global and diverse perspective to music and culture. Although she proudly reps New York City, she was born in Grenada to a huge family and moved to Brooklyn when she was 11, which is where her musical education blossomed. “Living in Grenada for the first few years of my life meant that reggae and soca music were the sounds that I naturally heard all around me—those sounds still very much feel like home to me,” she says. “But the earliest musical memory that sticks in my mind was spending time with my cousins after school and watching hip-hop and R&B videos. I was a little too young to fully understand what I was seeing, but it made an impression, and when I moved to the States I became fully immersed in that culture. It gave me a unique musical education.” Nadeska—who made her name as a music journalist and cohosted Complex’s breakout hit video series Everyday Struggle—brings that unique viewpoint to everything she does. “My show is crafted from the perspective of a young Black woman who’s experienced many different cultures growing up; that has given me an appreciation for multiple genres and how often they overlap,” she says. “My goal is always to leave listeners with something new that feels familiar at the same time." Hear her on The Nadeska Show every Friday at 7 am LA, 10 am NY, and 3 pm London on Apple Music 1, plus Fridays at 8 am LA, 11 am NY, and 4 pm London on R&B Now Radio.
- Tyler, The Creator
- Lil Wayne
- Kanye West
- Nadeska & Tierra Whack
- 25 min 53 sec
- 33 min 29 sec
- Lil Durk Interview
- 14 min 47 sec
- 10 min 58 sec
Featured Playlists
- The Nadeska Show
- Celebrating Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs.
- Nadeska Alexis celebrates SZA and five years of her breakthrough debut, Ctrl.
- Nadeska Alexis celebrates 25 years of Erykah Badu’s iconic debut album.
- Special Episode: Jill Scott
- Nadeska and Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins discuss Black Lives Matter.
- Nadeska picks some of 2020's female emerging artists.
- Nadeska highlights artists from the New York rap scene in 2019.
- Nadeska Alexis
- Apple Music
- Apple Music
- Ciara
- Issa Rae
- Nina Sky
As Heard On
- The new music that matters.