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Amazon Music has announced the launch of two new flagship music-based shows, the hip-hop focused Rotation Roundtable and Latin pop culture offering La Semanal Live. Rotation Roundtable will be both livestreamed via Twitch and available as a 60-minute podcast, and is inspired by the Rap Rotation and R&B Rotation playlists. The hosts include Speedy Morman, Nyla Symone, Gabe P, […]
Welcome to Homer Radio. Overnight, Frank Ocean’s independent American luxury company launched a new weekly show on Apple Music 1, the debut episode of which features producer and DJ CRYSTALLMESS. The inaugural episode of what Ocean bills as “an office soundtrack” opens with the immediately recognizable voice of Dolly Parton, particularly the freshly poured cup […]
Howard Stern has compared Kanye West to genocidal dictator Adolf Hitler. The radio host explained his position during Wednesday’s episode of the Howard Stern Show, where he criticized Ye over a string of remarks containing antisemitic sentiments. Stern began by saying he didn’t want to give Kanye “any energy” but felt it was necessary to condemn his behavior. “I’m really […]
Lil Baby stopped by 97.9 Jamz on Tuesday to promote his third studio album It’s Only Me. During his appearance on the station’s Posted on the Corner show, the Quality Control rapper was asked if there was any “underlying issue” between him and Migos following speculation that he sent shots on new track “Stand On It.” “Hell nah,” Baby said. “I […]
Before rap freestyles were readily accessible on YouTube, there was Rap City: Tha Basement. The studio-style show, hosted by hip-hop historian Big Tigger from 1999 through 2005, featured everything from new hip-hop videos to artist interviews and cyphers. It became a hub for rap fans to discover new acts and watch their favorite MCs spit freely […]
Joyner Lucas paid a visit to Hot 97 this week to drop an impressive freestyle for Funk Flex. The session was inspired by Joyner’s 2015 track “Backwords,” which featured the Worcester, Massachusetts rapper spitting his bars in forward and reverse. In the same vein, Lucas delivered a “backwards” freestyle for Funk Flex—who previously challenged Joyner to […]
Jim Carrey provided a mellifluously voiced through line on the Weeknd’s latest album Dawn FM, delivering radio host-style narration on intro “Dawn FM,” “Out of Time,” and outro “Phantom Regret by Jim.” But he initially declined his huge fan, now-friend, and fellow Canadian Abel Tesfaye’s request to collaborate. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the two-time Golden Globe-winner revealed how his […]
It’s Drake season again. On Friday, the OVO head released his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, a 14-track project that was co-executive produced by him, Noah “40” Shebib, Oliver El-Khatib, Noel Cadastre, and Black Coffee. Now, it seems like we’ll be getting more from Drizzy in the coming months. On his new radio show, Table […]
Amid the rumblings of the iconic hallways that are Hot 97, silence was broken this morning when during the Ebro in the Morning show at 9 a.m. the performers were announced for their annual Summer Jam concert. Rosenberg, Laura Stylez, and Ebro, one after the other began reading off the freshest talent to hit […]
Latto is rightfully celebrating herself. After her album 777 hit No. 15 on the Billboard 200 this month, and as her hit “Big Energy” bounces around the top of the Hot 100—No. 4 currently, previously peaking at No. 3—the artist isn’t letting anyone take her sunshine away. “It’s really crazy how y’all try to take my happiness […]
