Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse still manages to generate quite a bit of buzz despite being a. not very good and b. not even Kendrick's best takedown of the entire rap game (that would be Section.80's "Rigamortis." Say it with me: "He dead. Amen."). However, people are still talking about it, so it's my duty to cover it. Most recently, 50 Cent spoke about his conversation with K-Dot after the verse dropped. Read More »
The Power 105 The Breakfast Club and Hot 97 radio rivalry in New York has become the most talked about as the station throw blows at each other and try to expose each other's dirty laundry. However in light of Hot 97's DJ Mister Cee's recent resignation sue to a male prostitution scandal, The Breakfast Club admitted that they obtained the video from blogger Bimbo Winehouse and had the footage for over a week and decided not to expose their rival. Read More »
New York City's Hot 97 radio DJ Mister Cee has resigned after new allegations of him soliciting sex from a male drag queen "prostitute." Read More »
It seems everyone and their mothers have been weighing in on Kendrick Lamar's boring-as-hell 'Control' verse. Now, the snake has started eating its own tail. K-Dot spoke with Hot 97's Rosenberg on his own verse and what he thought of the responses to the diss track. Read More »
On his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z addresses Miley's twerk phenomenon on his song "SomewhereinAmerica." The mogul hosted an impromptu (for fans) Twitter interview with his followers Monday evening and he addressed his mention of Miley Cyrus and even exchanged tweet with the twerk queen herself. Jay-Z stopped by HOT 97 radio station in New York City Tuesday, July 9 and Miley's name came up again. "I like what she is doing-just being herself," Jay-Z said. Read More »
It seems like every Jay-Z is highly anticipated, nevertheless with the ground breaking digital release of Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay-Z's star power and influence on the music industry on a whole may equate this as his most prolific album to date. While his twelfth studio album was released via Google Play App for Samsung and android phones users on July 4th, the album became available on July 9th for all. Hov went back to his roots and stopped by New York's HOT 97.1 radio to chat with his friend Veejay Angie Martinez about MCHG, fatherhood, his well wishes for Dame Dash, Beyonce, and where he gets his news. Read More »
Just the other day, MediaTakeOut.com reported that Bow Wow "dumped" his on-and-off again sweetheart Angela Simmons for sexy reality starlet, Draya. Now, rumors suggest that rapper French Montana is the one actually romancing the "Basketball Wives LA" beauty! Has the "Excuse My French" star officially moved on from rumored ex-girlfriend Trina with the gorgeous model/actress? Read More »
While the talk around Hot 97's Summer Jam XX has been mostly positive, there has been a lot of questioning regarding Papoose's 5-minute set at the end of TDE and Kendrick Lamar's performance. While many people are accusing Papoose of pulling a Lil' Mama (who famously jumped on stage with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys), according to AllHipHop Papoose was invited. Read More »
Nicki Minaj stopped by the HOT 97 Morning Show May 28. The "High School" rapper chatted with Peter Rosenberg and Ebro about her Gay fans, leaving American Idol, her new movie, and loving the female body. Read More »
J. Cole is doing everything right to draw attention to his sophomore album Born Sinner. A few days after announcing that he would push his album release date up to June 18th, to compete with Grammy Award winning rapper Kanye West. J. Cole hit the stage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform his hit "Power Trip" with a little help from the iconic house band The Roots. Read More »
Yesterday, I reported that Jay-Z denied Beyonce pregnancy rumors when contacted by Hot 97 producer Old Man Ebro. Today, however, AllHipHop's resident rumor man illseed has a source that is singing a different tune. Read More »
"Ratchet P*ssy, Bust It Open!" "Excuse My French" Bronx bred; Moroccan born rapper French Montana's first studio album is speaking volumes to the state of the hip-hop game. French's highly anticipate, yet delayed debut album, solidifies his transition from "Mixtape and DVD King", to a full-fledged artist who can hold his own (with the help of great feature artists). Read More »
While the street classic rap trio The Lox, continues to work on their comeback album, "We Are the Streets II," Styles P The Ghost and Jada have a released a video to their latest tag team collaboration "Red Eye" the latest single off of Styles P and Scram Jones' Float. Read More »