NTS regular Cities Aviv has been hosting a show since 19 August 2023. Cities Aviv hosted a guest show on 4 May 2018. Cities Aviv has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 83 episodes and was first played on 30 June 2016.

Gavin Mays (born 1989), better known by his stage names Cities Aviv and African-American Sound Recordings, is an American rapper and record producer based in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to his career as a rapper, Mays was the lead singer of Memphis-based hardcore punk band Copwatch. During his involvement with the band, he began experimenting with hip hop music, eventually leaving…