Black Twitter 100 – Week 4

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

1. Sway Calloway @RealSway Location: New York, New York Followers: 479K Sway Calloway has been holding down Hip-Hop and music journalism with a professionalism that few can rival. Sway continues to excel and has become a global figure with his Sway In The Morning show on SiriusXM. Sway is still closely connected with MTV, serving as a […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

2. Ebro Darden @EbroDarden Location: New York, New York Followers: 117K Ebro Darden is a man on a mission it appears after snagging a sweet gig with Apple’s Beats1 while still holding down duties at the Hot 97 Morning Show. Darden’s radio takeover makes sense considering that in 2014, he was the Vice President of Programming […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

3. Elliott Wilson @ElliottWilson Location: New York, New York Followers: 226K Few journalists can boast of being the GOAT of the game, but Elliott Wilson has achieved enough to comfortably consider himself the best that ever did it. As the founder and CEO of Rap Radar, Wilson keeps tabs on what’s moving in the world […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

4. Devi Dev @DeviDev Location: Houston, Texas Followers: 88K Devi Dev is currently the host of her #1 rated morning show on Houston’s 93.7 The Beat and serves as the station’s music director. Devi has been a fixture on Sway In The Morning and MTV and continues to attract big names to her studio. Married to Houston […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

5. Rob Markman @RobMarkman Location: New York, New York Followers: 44.5K Rob Markman has expanded his ever-growing reach from his duties at MTV News into the world of podcasting with his Red Light Special show. Despite Markman’s high profile, he’s one of the Hip-Hop journalism’s most humble personalities and that’s proven in how he uses […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

6. Angela Yee @MissInfo Location: New York, New York Followers: 256K Angela Yee has been taking over airwaves for the past decade and currently is one-third of Power 105.1’s nationally-syndicated The Breakfast Club morning show. Yee has also revived her Lip Service program in the form of a no-holds-barred podcast that is a must listen.

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

7. Miss Info @MissInfo Location: New York, New York Followers: 256K Hot 97’s Miss Info could be credited for setting the early blueprint for the gossip blogs and websites that have taken over the World Wide Web. Miss Info still has prime access to all the celebrity dirt and happenings, which can be found at […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

8. Funkmaster Flex @FunkFlex Location: New York, New York Followers: 735K The Hot 97 OG pioneered the Hip-Hop show format on the radio station and now commands the popular InFlexWeTrust.com website. Flex’s Twitter feed is nothing but a link feed for his website these days, but it’s also one of the most consistent online destinations.

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

9. Peter Rosenberg @RosenbergRadio Location: New York, New York Followers: 262K Yes, we know Peter Rosenberg’s a white Jewish guy from suburban Maryland. But there’s nobody in terrestrial radio that’s as vocal and supportive as Rosenberg is about independent and underground Hip-Hop. Rosenberg’s contributions to the culture and his continuing ability to snag some of the […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

10. Angie Martinez @AngieMartinez Location: New York, New York Followers: 996K The “Voice Of New York,” Angie Martinez might have switched teams, but she’s still on the front lines getting details of the music industry’s happenings to the public in record time. Now rocking out of the Power 105.1 studios, Martinez still grabs all the […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

11. Shaheem Reid @ShaheemReid Location: New York, New York Followers: 92.1K Shaheem Reid is one of the top Hip-Hop journalists of all time. We would need an entire day to list everything he’s done in the game but with stints at MTV News, XXL, and his affiliation with Revolt, this Queens representative has continued to […]

Black Twitter 100, Black Twitter 100 - Week 4

12. David D @DavidTSS Location: Atlanta, Georgia Followers: 4.9K David D’s been deep in the music journalism game for years, most notably as the Creative Director for the popular The Smoking Section website. What makes David’s tweets so excellent is the mix of real-world responsibilities as a husband and father, and the comically venomous darts […]