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Remy Ma brought female MCs together & called out Nicki Minaj at Hot 97's Summer Jam this year.

Meek Mill‘s talent and skill level as a rapper has most often been eclipsed by all of the petty beefing he seems to get himself involved in. First, there was the now-infamous beef between him and Drake, which most notably ended with a Grammy-nominated dis track from Drake (Back To Back). Meek turned up with […]

Their brawl may have been one of the reasons Wendy was eventually let go from the station.

T.I. stopped by HOT 97 to discuss his new mixtape, the sequel to ATL, Drake and Meek Mill's beef, and of course, Iggy Azalea.

One of the most controversial moments in hip-hop just went done live on the radio. After being arrested for soliciting prostitutes for the third time,…

DJ Mister Cee a.k.a. Calvin Lebron of New York hip-hop radio station Hot 97 has been arrested again for soliciting a prostitute. In 2011, Mister Cee was arrested for engaging in oral sex with a male prostitute, but the sex of the prostitute involved in Mister Cee’s latest arrest is not yet known. Click Here […]

50 Cent called into Angie Martinez‘ radio show on Hot 97 in NYC to speak on the WorldStarHipHop incident. He reveals that he wasn’t actually responsible for taking the site down, but does admit to some tension between himself and the website. 50 is currently involved in a lawsuit against WorldStarHipHop that dates back to […]

Hot97 released a statement today revealing that DJ Cipha Sounds would be suspended indefinitely for disparaging comments he made about Haitian women on the air. During a segment about giving out condoms to help reduce the spread of AIDS in Haiti Cipha “joked” that he didn’t have to worry about HIV because he didn’t “mess […]

First the Tsunami song and now this. Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds has the New York radio station in hot water after making an on-air comment that has local leaders and members of the Haitian community fuming, and calling for him to be fired. The popular deejay, whose real name is Luis Diaz, enraged listeners […]