A new D’Angelo album is on the horizon, according to ?uestlove. When asked by Hot 97’s J. Medina the drummer of the Legendary Roots Crew let the cat out of the bag.
Well, this was hella awkward. Hot 97 was interviewing cast members from Love & Hip Hop New York and in between segments, Joe Budden confronted Consequence and Jen The Pen about comments they had said about him during interviews.
Nas has already began working on his follow-up album to the extremely well-received, Life Is Good.
On Tuesday, January 8, the man accused of fatally shooting former Hot 97 and BET’s 106 & Park personality Corey “DJ Megatron” McGriff two years ago plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He will serve a 21-year jail sentence.
2012 was an impact year for A$AP Rocky, that will be capped off with the release of his debut album, Long.Live.A$AP on January 15, 2013. Hot 97’s Miss Info caught up with the Harlem rapper in his hometown to discuss his very good year including the leak of his album, travelling the world and avoiding […]
Big Sean was in New York Cityyesterday and stopped by Hot 97 on the Angie Martinez Show.
Action Bronson stops by Peter Rosenberg’s bed room for an unorthodox interview for his Real Late with Rosenberg radio program.
Styles P has a friendly convo with Hot 97’s Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg, during which he describes how he finagled his way into great seats at a recent Kevin Heart show, his comedic potential, Gunplay on house arrest, and the difficulties of separating the industry from the streets.
With his 3rd* album about to release, Big Boi is on a media blitzkrieg before the December 11th release of Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.
Shortly after his listening party in New York City, Machine Gun Kelly ran over to the Emmis building and got busy. He joined the endless list of rappers who have freestyled for Funkmaster Flex as he rapped over Beanie Sigel’s “The Truth” by Kanye West.
DJ, writer, basketball junkie and avowed sneaker fiend Robert “Bobbito” Garcia has left his mark on the world of Hip-Hop and its distant cousin, street basketball, long ago. Capturing a vision he began in 2003 with a quarterly publication focused on “streetball,” Garcia can now add the title of director to his list of accomplishments. […]
The G.O.O.D. Music family stepped through Hot 97, aka the offices of one Funkmaster Flex, and blessed the airwaves with a gang of freestyle bars. Big Sean, CyHi The Prynce and Common laid into Freeway’s “What We Do” instrumental. After the first round, Big Sean got a go over Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya?” instrumental (which […]
