Microphone Check Creators & Guests

Frannie Kelley is a co-host of the Microphone Check podcast, prior to hosting Microphone Check she was an editor at NPR Music and responsible for editing, producing and reporting NPR Music’s coverage of hip-hop, R&B and the ways the music industry affects the music.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, record producer and rapper, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest, he is currently the host of NPR's Microphone Check radio show.