Peter Rosenberg

No one can forget the Peter Rosenberg-Nicki Minaj Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 drama. With the YMCMB first lady now headlining the stations 2014 show, Peter recently spoke about the matter unveiling that he warned the pop star first. "I thought she was really good, in fact I though she was the total package," Rosenberg recalled...

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...

An era came to an end last night as AMC wrapped it's widely popular series Breaking Bad. Now in it's 5th season, the show gained a notable reputation in pop culture as viewers navigated through the evolution of Walter White. The tale of White's transformation from an abiding science teacher to a New Mexican kingpin was one of the most enthralling yet tragic stories told on primetime TV... Read Mo

With names almost identical, it's astonishing these two did not meet sooner. Finally making the magic happen at Rock The Bells, Peter Rosenberg and Brother Ali are the ones to thank. Bringing both rappers face to face backstage, something that was long over due finally went down, marking hip-hop's history books. ...

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...

After twelve years of Bloomberg, New York City is about to get a new Mayor. With the Democratic primary election around the corner and the next debate set to air tonight (September 3), New Yorkers have been seeing plenty of the Mayoral hopefuls lately...

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...

Photos Courtesy Of Lauren Gesswein While Hot 97's veteran-DJ Peter Rosenberg may be most known for his now-infamous remarks about Nicki Minaj at last year’s Summer Jam, in the hip-hop community he's recognized for much more than that. So, ...

Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg will be celebrating his birthday in Williamsburg Park, Brooklyn, on July 20 featuring Odd Future, Meek Mill and Schoolboy Q with a major concert: #PeterPalooza. Rosenberg's last birthday celebration was aboard The Temptress cruise and featured DJ Premier and Pete Rock...

It's been more than 15 years since 2Pac and Biggie Smalls were shot and killed in two separate moments of violence, and those grim anniversaries are the reason for the new book 2pac Vs. Biggie: An Illustrated History Of Rap's Greatest Battle, co-penned by hip-hop writers Jeff Weiss and Evan McGarvey...