Hot 97 Fights Eviction with Counter Lawsuit

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  4 Comments

hot97logo.jpgAfter an eviction suit was filed last week in an attempt to kick Hot 97 out of its studios, the New York radio station’s parent company has filed a counter suit, claiming that the eviction breaches their contract. On Friday (May 5), Emmis Radio filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court against the New York City District Council of Carpenters Fund, the owners of the West Village building. The suit blocks their eviction by citing that six years remain on their lease, while also decrying the Fund for blocking “access to the premises by any and all of tenant’s visitors.” According to the Associated Press, the landlord’s lawyer has said that Emmis’ lawsuit is “utterly without merit. The restrictions on visitors that they are complaining about, they agreed to them in writing.” The Carpenters Fund has cited several violent incidents, including the April 26 shooting of Brooklyn rapper Gravy outside the station, as grounds for an early eviction.

  • http://XXL YoungMando

    Hot 97 is whack anyways!!! they’re NOT that “HOT” you feel me? just admit that you are some bad tenants who don’t know how to follow the rules & get the fu*k out!!!!

  • TRUTH 06

    I HOPE ALL OF HOT 97S STAFF GETS FIRED FOR ALL THE PAYOLA BULL SHIT,AND ALL THOSE WACK RAPPERS HAVEING COMMICAL HITTS GET MONEY OFF OF THAT AND PAYING HOT 97S DJS TO PLAY THEIR WACK SONGS MORE THAN OTHERS.YOU CAN JUST LISTEN TOO THEIR STAFF ON THE RADIO TIME THEY HAVE ON AIR EVERY DAY AND CAN JUST THEIRS SOOMETHING SHADY GOING DOWN.FUNK FLEX AND ALL THOSE DJS ON HOT 97 ARE GETTING PAYED BEHINE THE SEENS TO PLAY THESE WACK RAPPERS.AND YOU WONDER WHY THE SOUTH AND ALL THESE OTHER GAY SONGS ARE BEING PLAYED EVERYDAY.AND THEN U WONDER WHY NEW YORK AND THE EAST ARE SEELING UNITS ITS ALL THE DJS FAULT,CAUSE THEIR THE ONES THAT ARE PLAYING THE WACK SHIT INSTED OF THE HOTT SHIT,HOT 97S STAFF NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES FOR THAT PAYOLA SHIT.THANKS HOTT 97 FOR KILLING HIP HOP.NOW THEY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS,AND HIP HOP IS DIEING WHILE THEY LAUGH.

  • TRUTH 06

    I HOPE ALL OF HOT 97S STAFF GETS FIRED FOR ALL THE PAYOLA BULL SHIT,AND ALL THOSE WACK RAPPERS HAVEING COMMICAL HITTS GET MONEY OFF OF THAT AND PAYING HOT 97S DJS TO PLAY THEIR WACK SONGS MORE THAN OTHERS.YOU CAN JUST LISTEN TOO THEIR STAFF ON THE RADIO TIME THEY HAVE ON AIR EVERY DAY AND CAN JUST THEIRS SOOMETHING SHADY GOING DOWN.FUNK FLEX AND ALL THOSE DJS ON HOT 97 ARE GETTING PAYED BEHINE THE SEENS TO PLAY THESE WACK RAPPERS.AND YOU WONDER WHY THE SOUTH AND ALL THESE OTHER GAY SONGS ARE BEING PLAYED EVERYDAY.AND THEN U WONDER WHY NEW YORK AND THE EAST ARE SEELING UNITS ITS ALL THE DJS FAULT,CAUSE THEIR THE ONES THAT ARE PLAYING THE WACK SHIT INSTED OF THE HOTT SHIT,HOT 97S STAFF NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES FOR THAT PAYOLA SHIT.THANKS HOTT 97 FOR KILLING HIP HOP.NOW THEY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS,AND HIP HOP IS DIEING WHILE THEY LAUGH.

  • 184th Boy

    NY is probably sick of niggaz gettin shot ova some bs that happened @ Hot 97. I SAY THROW THEY ASSES OUT!