Hot 97

Hot 97 will be have a reality show on VH1. This Is HOT 97 will premiere March 31 at 10:30 ET on VH1. The show will show the everyday life of the iconic radio brand and it's staff and all the artists that visits them including past interviews from guests like Rick Ross, Kanye and Macklemore. This ...

We're only 97 days away from the "biggest hip-hop experience on the planet." Hot 97 teases Summer Jam 2014. Check out the trailer below.

New York’s HOT 97 and Los Angeles' Power 106 will be included in Beats Music's streaming service when the program launches on Jan. 21, reports Emmis Communications. Both stations will be classified exclusively as hip-hop radio stations, for which XXL will curate playlists. Addi...

As a lead journalist in hip-hop since its primal stages, Lisa Evers has witnessed the evolution of the genre while covering the transitions, progressions, and controversies every step of the way. From being the first mainstream correspondent to interview 50 Cent to heavily encouraging activism in the hip-hop community on her Hot 97 series Street Soldiers, Evers' hustler spirit has truly made its s

Wale sat down to discuss the Complex snub with Hot 97's Ebro and Rosenberg. His previous response was only a humorous Instagram video, but he goes into detail about why he took the snub so personally. Wale says making the list isn't only about his hard work, which he says he was extremely focused while putting The Gifted together...

Today is Jay Z's Birthday. He turns 44 today and to honor his birthday, Hot 97's own Mister Cee played a pretty amazing birthday mix to honor the great Hov. Cee paid homage during his noon throwback mix. He starts it out fittingly with "December 4th" and begins to unleash an onslaught of hits after hits. Listen t...

Explaining that he was less conscious about his image when he first started in the hip-hop game, B.o.B says that with his new album he will indeed unveil all of himself. Though at first he was not too concerned about which records he appeared on, the rapper now wants to stray away from the pop genre and return to his hip-hop roots...

It's been a roller coaster of a week for Mister Cee. The Hot 97 DJ, host of Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live and a staple at the station for 20 years, resigned Wednesday after a video surfaced of Cee soliciting oral sex from a transsexual prostitute, the third such instance that Cee has been connected with in the past three years...

In the wake of his resignation from Hot 97 yesterday, Mister Cee appeared on the radio this morning to address the full extent of the allegations stemming from a new video purporting to feature Cee soliciting the services of a transsexual prostitute ...

DJs get no credit—especially Mister Cee. Big Daddy Kane’s former cut creator put Biggie Smalls on when no one was listening. Here’s the strongest finisher in the game on B.I.G.’s true beginnings. Written By Michael Gonzales Baby, it’s cold outside. Through the spotless plate g...

After a 20 year career, DJ Mr. Cee spun his last set at the Hot 97 today due to the latest round of transsexual prostitution allegations. Offering up no real explanation, the hip-hop legend seemed to have simply had enough of all the hoopla...

Mister Cee signed off for the final time today after 20 years at Hot 97 with the following message, asking fans to not lay anything on management or program director Ebro. "Back in May when I got arrested, and I did the interview up there with Rosenberg and Ebro and Cipha Sounds, I admitted to some mistakes and some things that I get into...