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An Inside Look at Miss Info of Hot 97

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How Miss Info Became Hip-Hop’s Ultimate Insider -from Buzzfeed Today, Minya Oh is the linchpin of Hot 97, rap’s most influential radio station. Getting there only took 20 years. On a winter-cold evening in late March at a comedy club near the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, a DJ and aspiring comedian named Cipha Sounds takes the stage for a short set before a screening of the first episodes of a VH1 show called This Is Hot 97. In the audience, music insiders and fashion bloggers mix with television suits. Ebro Darden, Angie Martinez, Funkmaster Flex, Peter Rosenberg, Laura Stylez, and … Continue reading An Inside Look at Miss Info of Hot 97

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VH1 Presents ‘This Is Hot 97′ Reality Show March 31st [TRAILER]

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FROM VH1–Known as the place “Where Hip Hop Lives,” New York’s globally recognized #1 radio station HOT 97 is teaming up with VH1 to take viewers on a behind-the-scenes look into the Big Apple’s go-to destination for Hip Hop and R&B with the debut of “This Is HOT 97.” Premiering on VH1 March 31 at 10:30 PM ET/ PT, “This Is HOT 97″ is a 30-minute unscripted comedy series that gives viewers a look inside this iconic radio brand. HOT 97 is the global mecca of Hip Hop and R&B music, and this crew functions more as a family than … Continue reading VH1 Presents ‘This Is Hot 97′ Reality Show March 31st [TRAILER]

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Ne-Yo talks R&B, Frank Ocean, and Michael Jackson on Hot 97

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Ne-Yo talks to the morning show about the current state of R&B, Frank Ocean, and Michael Jackson with Cipha, Rosenberg & K Foxx. Is he and other artists abandoning R&B music for success on the Top 40 Pop and Rhythmic charts? Continue reading Ne-Yo talks R&B, Frank Ocean, and Michael Jackson on Hot 97

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PLEASE Don’t Ask Trey Songz Any Questions on His New York City Radio Stations Album Promotion

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K. Foxx of Hot 97 said Trey was in “A-Hole Mode”   It seems that Trey Songz was a little affected …feeling a certain type of way… not into the questions he was being asked by Angie Martinez in the afternoon and The Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg Morning Show on Hot 97. Things seemed to have gone a lot better on The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne on Power 105.1 in New York City. He was making the rounds to promote his new album. He had even supplied a list of questions that he would not … Continue reading PLEASE Don’t Ask Trey Songz Any Questions on His New York City Radio Stations Album Promotion

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New York City Radio Wars Between Hot 97 and Power 105.1

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A group of “broadcasters” calling themselves Hip Hop Politics have created a YouTube video on the topic of the battle between Hot 97 (WQHT) and Power 105.1 (WWPR) for ratings in New York City. (Nice suits and production by the way…) They do use some **adult** language in the piece while discussing the debate. (But we’re all grown folks here, right?)  Charlamagne added fuel to the fire with a recent video of his own he called ‘What if Funkmaster Flex Told The Truth.’ (Watch it below) But the Hip Hop Politics crew’s last statement is pretty telling in what listeners … Continue reading New York City Radio Wars Between Hot 97 and Power 105.1

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>HOT 97 Morning Show Beats Out Z100 in New York Ratings

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>The morning show at Hot 97, ‘The Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg Morning Show’ is profiled in the New York Daily News. The show features Cipha Sounds, Peter Rosenberg, and K. Foxx and is billed as “A Black, a Puerto Rican and a Jew.” They have crept ahead of perennial leader WHTZ (100.3 FM) in their target audience of 18 to 34-year-olds. Read more in the New York Daily News. Continue reading >HOT 97 Morning Show Beats Out Z100 in New York Ratings

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>Hot 97 Cipha Sounds Suspended Indefinitely For Haitian HIV Comments

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>http://www.vladtv.com/embed/34940/?video_id=34940During 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 with Haitian women.”DJ Cipha Sounds (Luis Diaz) of the “Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg Morning Show” has been suspended from Hot 97 @hot97 (WQHT) New York indefinitely, over the on-air comments made about Haitian women.Additionally, Hot 97 revealed that Cipha Sounds will immediately undertake “sensitivity training” focused on the Haitian community and the serious nature of the HIV/AIDS problem within the community. “Cipha made an immediate public apology and recognizes … Continue reading >Hot 97 Cipha Sounds Suspended Indefinitely For Haitian HIV Comments

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>The TOP Hip Hop Album of the Decade

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>As the decade comes to a close, Peter Rosenberg of the Hot 97 morning show “Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg” counts down his Top 13 Hip Hop Albums of the Decade. While his Top 13 includes a few of the decade’s most critically acclaimed and best-selling hip hop albums, it also includes some underground albums that you might not have expected or even have heard of. Is it Jay-Z or Lil’ Wayne? Check out his list at the Top 13.com. Continue reading >The TOP Hip Hop Album of the Decade