--- title: Jay Z Told Frank Ocean Radio Caters to Young White Women description: Jay Z was the first interview on Frank Ocean's new radio show, blonded RADIO, where he said that radio caters to young white women. canonical: https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-24T22:45:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:25.419Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jay Z Says Radio Caters to Young White Women og:description: "These places are not even based on music,” he told Frank Ocean on Beats 1 radio og:url: https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd244bb2e8795ea4/6988bbec0a4a228fcc9cd0fa/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Shawn "Jay Z" Carter Makes Announcement On the Steps Of City Hall Downtown Los Angeles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jay Z Says Radio Caters to Young White Women twitter:description: "These places are not even based on music,” he told Frank Ocean on Beats 1 radio twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd244bb2e8795ea4/6988bbec0a4a228fcc9cd0fa/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jay Z Says Radio Caters to Young White Women > Sponsored content. 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Brown/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 16: Recording artist Shawn "Jay Z" Carter makes an announcement on the Steps of City Hall Downtown Los Angeles for a Labor Day Music Festival at Los Angeles City Hall on April 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)Frederick M. Brown—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 24, 2017 10:45 PM UTC The [ever-elusive Frank Ocean](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/) has been exceptionally generous to [his long-suffering fans](http://time.com/4438899/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-fans/) in the past year. Not only did he bless his followers with [two new albums](http://time.com/4460579/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde/) and [hotly sought-after zine](http://time.com/4461555/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde-2/), he also presented a broadcast on Apple’s Beats 1 radio called “blonded RADIO” on Friday afternoon. His first show was a treasure trove of insanely good music—[Prince](http://time.com/4668265/prince-music-spotify-streaming-tidal/), Sade and Celine Dion were just a few of the selections—as well as an engrossing conversation with[ Jay Z](http://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/), an interesting choice given that the latter owns Tidal, a rival streaming service to Apple. During the exchange, the two discussed the shortcomings of modern radio, which the Roc Nation mogul called “pretty much an advertisement model” that caters to a very specific demographic: young white women. “You take these pop stations, they’re reaching 18-34 young white females,” Jay Z said. “So they’re playing music based on those tastes. And then they’re taking those numbers and they’re going to advertising agencies and people are paying numbers based on the audience that they have. So these places are not even based on music. Their playlist isn’t based on music. If you think a person like Bob Marley right now probably wouldn’t play on a pop station. Which is crazy. It’s not even about the DJ discovering what music is best. You know, music is music. The line’s just been separated so much that we’re lost at this point in time.” While it’s yet to be seen if Ocean’s “blonded RADIO” was a one-time deal or a series, you can listen to his full broadcast on Apple Music below. > [](https://twitter.com/Beats1/status/835172505715412992) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/"},"headline":"Jay Z Says Radio Caters to Young White Women","datePublished":"2017-02-24T22:45:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:25.419Z","description":"\"These places are not even based on music”","url":"https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Jay-z","celebrity","Frank Ocean","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd244bb2e8795ea4/6988bbec0a4a228fcc9cd0fa/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd244bb2e8795ea4/6988bbec0a4a228fcc9cd0fa/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shawn \"Jay Z\" Carter Makes Announcement On the Steps Of City Hall Downtown Los Angeles","caption":"Shawn \"Jay Z\" Carter Makes Announcement On the Steps Of City Hall Downtown Los Angeles","creditText":"Frederick M. 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