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Fresh off the release of a new song from Marvel‘s Spider-Man: Miles Morales soundtrack, Jaden Smith joined Ebro Darden and Peter Rosenberg for a 30-minute chat on Hot 97 early Wednesday. The everlasting influence of Kid Cudi, who recently teased the impending arrival of the third entry in the Man on the Moon album series, was among […]

Busta Rhymes is convinced T.I. dodged a beatdown. During a Friday appearance on Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning, Busta was asked about his proposed Verzuz battle with the ATL rapper. As you probably recall, Busta seemed pretty enthusastic about the face-off and suggested T.I.’s discography was no match for his. The Brooklyn-bred MC made the comments during a recent appearance The […]

Hot 97 was hit with shocking news when it was revealed that Pasquale “Paddy Duke” Raucci was connected to the murder of Yusuf Hawkins. This moved the hosts of one of the station’s biggest show, Ebro in the Morning, to speak on how this discovery had impacted Hot 97.  “The realization is that this couldn’t be […]

Ebro Darden found his Twitter mentions flooded with criticism this week, after weighing in on the recent controversy surrounding Doja Cat. The “Say So” singer was blasted over a resurfaced 2015 track called “Dindu Nuffin”—a term commonly used to mock black victims of police brutality. She was also accused of participating in racist chat rooms in the past, but has since denied […]

“Empire State of Mind” is one of the most memorable tracks of JAY-Z‘s illustrious career. Yet during an interview with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 Radio, Alicia Keys reveals that the track almost fell to the cutting room floor.  “For a minute, it wasn’t even going to come together,” she explained at the clip’s 3-minute mark. “He couldn’t […]

Lil Uzi Vert is projected to dominate the Billboard 200 chart for a second straight week with Eternal Atake/LUV vs. The World 2, a deluxe version of Eternal Atake, which debuted at No. 1 just last week. It has been an impressive run on the charts for Uzi, 25, who was told by Ebro during his HOT 97 interview three […]

During a recent appearance on Ebro in the Morning, 50 Cent doubled down on his criticism of Gayle King, who came under fire last week over her controversial comments about Kobe Bryant‘s 2003 rape case. “You had a criminal situation that went away, right?” Fif said about Bryant’s sexual assault case, which was dropped in 2004. “And 10 years to talk about it—nobody talked about […]

Ebro Darden ignited a lively debate this week when he claimed Eminem didn’t receive enough respect within hip-hop. The radio host was responding to Em’s newly published letter in which he addressed the criticism of Music to Be Murdered By. Ebro showed support for the Detroit rapper by making a controversial comparison: “Eminem treats Rap how Black folks have had to treat life,” […]

Ebro Darden has shared some honest opinions about how hip-hop views Eminem. The radio host took to Twitter on Thursday and compared the way Em approaches rap to the way Ebro feels black people have to approach life. “Eminem treats Rap how Black folks have had to treat life… be 5x better, work 5x harder than everyone […]

Tory Lanez isn’t impressed by the current state of hip-hop. While talking to Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning on Tuesday, Lanez explained that he had to clear more than 40 samples for his project Chixtape 5. Lanez said he made such a huge effort because he felt like the world needed something fresh and innovative to listen to.  “You […]