For an inside edition, camera’s were allowed into Sway Calloway’s radio studio, to get a glimpse of his morning routines. As a journalist and radio host in the hip-hop game for over 15 years, Calloway certainly has exclusive stories to share. He talks 2pac, Aaliyah and Michael Jackson and weighs in on the status of hip hop. While MTV’s RapFix (hip hop talk show partially created by Sway) approaches it’s 1 year anniversary, Calloway shows no signs of slowing down at the same time still finding ways to reinvent media culture.

It’s a bustling day at SiriusXM radio. MTV host Sway Calloway has just been appointed to host a weekday morning show at the station for Shade 45, a channel headed by rapper Eminem. It launched mid-July and has since been causing a weekly riot throughout hip hop industry. Today’s guest is songwriter Rico Love with co-host’s Heather B and Donnell Rawlings other wise known as “Ashy Larry” from The Dave Chappelle Show. Sway handles his microphone and studio guests with professional aplomb, it’s evident he has been doing this for a while and is clearly worthy of veneration.

Sway During His Weekday SiriusXM Broadcast

MTV’s RapFix is a hip hop talk show created by Sway and the hip hop director of MTV News, Rahman Dukes to showcase some of hip hop’s biggest talents from old school legends to the newest leaders. On September 14, 2011, they will celebrate their one year anniversary.

Sway Calloway During a Live Shade45 Show

When asked what he likes least about his career Sway quickly responds “there’s nothing that I like least about it.” He is very comfortable and confident in his spot. He has been fortunate enough to have been in the game long enough to experience most of hip hop’s evolution, “I like watching it {the evolution of hip hop}, I love the evolution, I liked seeing new eras move in and I like the fact that after all these years, I can still be apart of it. ”

(L-R) Sway, Heather B, Donnell Rawlings

In this candid video clip he answers the popular question, “is hip hop dead?” Also, Sway shares his experiences of interviewing the late Tupac Shakur months before his death and the advantages of being apart of hip hop for so long.

Lathleen is an entertainment journalist and freelance writer based in New York City.

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