Cipha Sounds

After 17 years at the station, Cipha Sounds will no longer host at Hot 97, it was announced today (Jan. 27). After having previously voiced his frustrations with the station brass, the longtime DJ has made it official that he will be pursuing opportunities elsewhere...

Cipha doesn't know if he'll be staying with Hot 97 or leaving. As of now, Hot 97 said that Cipha will be, "transitioning into other on-air responsibilities," however the specificity of his role is pretty ambiguous. Cipha—who took over Angie Martinez's 3 p.m. after she le...

The Juan Epstien podcast hosted by Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds held a special live recording of their popular show last night in Brooklyn. For the show, Rosenberg and Cipha brought out legendary NYC DJ Funkmaster Flex for a two-hour interview...

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Cipha Sounds will serve as a temporary replacement for Angie Martinez at Hot 97. Unveiling the news via Instagram, Cipha tells fans that he will go on air at 3 pm today. "I don't know about tomorrow, I don't know about next week but I know I come on today at 3 o'clock," reveals Cipha in the Instragram post...

As an up and coming latino MC, Bodega Bamz assures he wouldn't have gotten to this point in his career if it wasn't for Big Pun. Telling that the Pun's "refreshing rhymes" and brave spirit pioneered latinos onto the hip-hop scene, Bodega Bamz recalls his first time hearing Capital Punishment, Pun's debut studio album, and seeing Pun as a kid racing in his neighborhood...

Legendary A&R/Executive Dante Ross was the latest guest on The Juan Epstein Show and shared close to two hours worth of gems on the hip-hop historian podcast. The culture pioneer discussed the NYC rap scene in the 80s and early 90s, and shared personal stories featuring the Beastie Boys, LONS, Q-Tip, The Beatnuts, Pete Rock and CL, Brand Nubian, 3rd Bass, MF Doom, and much more. An... Read Mor

Days after lashing out at Complex over the phone, Wale stops by the Juan Epstein podcast show to chop it up with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds. The conversation, in which Wale emphasizes his artistry as an MC, ranges from Nigerian music to career meltdowns to the Washington Redskins...

Asher Roth visited the Juan Epstein show and he addressed Eminem dissing him on "Asshole," a cut off The Marshall Mathers LP 2. He says he thought it was pretty amazing that Eminem dissed him and he wasn't personally offended. Asher also states that he didn't diss Em subliminally on "As I Em" and "wanted to talk about how he was his own person...

White Plains, New York’s own Stan Ipcus is going back to his former ways after a brief hiatus. Ipcus gathered 10 of his best recordings from the last decade (sort of like a greatest hits) to create his debut album Local Legend. On it, the project sticks to old school sensibilities of good New York rap, while telling his story of a rapper turned father. The ...

Rick Ross visits Peter Rosenberg and DJ Cipha Sounds for their podcast, Juan Epstein, for an super interesting interview. They travel back in time as Ross describes when he was "Chill Will" as a child. Ross broke down when he first started getting serious with music around 18 years old and first time in the studio around the time when Biggie and Tupac was on the radio. The...