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Mister Cee took to the Hot 97 airwaves today to announce his resignation from Hot 97 after new allegations arose about him soliciting a prostitute. This is not the first time Mister Cee has been involved in this type of situation. A transsexual prostitute who goes by the name Bimbo Winehouse posted a video today, picked up by Bossip, which allegedly captures the audio of his interaction with Miste

The fallout from Gucci Mane's bizarre Twitter rant over the past three days—which intensified into an all-day affair yesterday (September 9)—was always going to be a hot topic on the morning radio shows, and Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg didn't spare Guwop at all. In speakin...

Buckshot might think that he is the future of New York hip-hop but Joey Bada$$ is finding radio stations in New York are cool to his music. In a rant on Twitter yesterday, the 2013 XXL Freshman complained about New York radio stations refusing to play his music on air. "My city got ...

Not long ago, Brooklyn rhymer Uncle Murda announced that he would officially be changing his name to the more-agreeable moniker UM. In his first interview since the announcment, UM sits down with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and Ebro to explain the thinking behind the name change...

Riff Raff is an anomaly in hip-hop. What is he trying to accomplish in his music career? Who does he cater to? These are the questions hip-hop fans ask when the try to understand the character of Jody. During one of his recent interviews in New York, Hot 97’s program director Ebro Darden wanted to challenge Riff with some tough accusations. He a...

In an e-mail to Hot 97's program director, Ebro Darden, over the weekend, Jay-Z shot down rumors that Beyonce is pregnant with the couple's second child. Ebro didn't elaborate on the nature of the e-mail, though he did say it came as a response to him congratulating Hov...

New York City’s legendary Hot 97 radio station announced the line-up for its annual Summer Jam mega concert today (May 2) and as usual it’s star-studded with the hottest artists around to heat up yet another summer. Summer Jam will be celebrating its 20th anniversary and to ring in the mega concert at the Met Life Stadium in New Jersey on June 2, Hot 97's gathered a star-studded line-up including

Amidst all the controversy surrounding Rick Ross' date rape lyric on "U.O.E.N.O.," Rocko has decided to remove the Bawse's verse from the song. In a recent interview with Hot 97, Rocko revealed that he will be taking off Ross' verse from his controversial record given the outpouring of protest...

Jay-Z is officially working on a new studio album, says The-Dream. In a recent interview with Hot 97's Angie Martinez, The-Dream confirmed Hova has been hitting the lab working on a new project. Although he kept tight-lipped about the project itself, he did reveal that he will be involved in the album's production to some capacity...

Yesterday, French Montana stopped by Hot 97 and broke down his recent incident in Philadelphia. The Bronx rapper denied the widespread news that him and his entourage was the target of a shootout. French explains, "If they didn't shoot at the bus, there was nothing to be worried about...

Last night, Joey Bada$$ stopped by Hot 97 to flex his skills for Flex. Check out what he had to offer over Mobb Deep's "Still Shinin" (above). But Joey wasn't done yet. Check out two more of his freestyles from last night below.