Jonathan Shecter

Jonathan Miles Shecter (born August 4, 1968), also known as "Shecky Green," is the co-founder of the music and culture magazine The Source, former Director of Programming for the Wynn Las Vegas, and current Editor-In-Chief for Cuepoint at Medium.

Shecter was born in Philadelphia, PA and grew up in a Jewish family. He has a sister, Jane, and half-brother, James. Shecter is a member of the Class of 1986 of Friends Select School, a college-preparatory, Quaker school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in Philadelphia.

Shecter enrolled in Harvard College in 1986 as an English major and graduated in 1990. During his sophomore year, he began overseeing a rap music radio show called Street Beat on Harvard College’s radio station, WHRB 95.3 FM, with his then roommate David M. Mays, then known as "Go-go Dave." Shecter's famous The Source magazine was started during this radio show as a newsletter to promote Shecter's WHRB rap music radio show locally in Boston, MA. His senior thesis was an issue from the magazine, The Decade of Hip Hop.

Shecter was a founding member of the rap group Big Man on Campus with high-school friend Kevin Montague, also known as "Kevvy Kev", in 1988. Heavily influenced by the Beastie Boys, the group was managed by New York University sophomore Brett Ratner and produced their first hip hop album in 1988. Glen E. Friedman, known for his work with Def Jam Recordings, photographed the album cover. The album featured three different versions of two tracks, "Play That Funk" and "Guaranteed to Rock", with a third member of the group, D.J. Kid Swift. It was produced by Nile Rodgers, who also played guitar on the album and who had previously worked on albums for Madonna, David Bowie, and Duran Duran. The album was produced and mixed for Rat Records, recorded at Creative Audio Recording Services, and mixed at Skyline Studios in New York City. Additional album credits include M.C. Breeze on drum programming arrangement; Eric Hurtig, Jay Henry, Dary Sulich, John Cicchetti, and Keith Friedman on engineering; Knut Bohn on engineering mixing; Mark Mandelbaum on mixing tracks B1 to B3; and production assistance by Boogie Down Productions. The album was met with lukewarm reception.

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