Chuck D is Ready to Destroy the Urban Radio Format In a recent interview with Billboard, Chuck D says he wants Urban Radio to “get it right or be gone.” The urban radio format can be essentially defined as music from Hip Hop/Rap/R&B artists like Jay-Z, Kanye, Drake, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Future, 2 Chainz, […]
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 […]
Nicki Minaj was all set to take the stage as the headliner of New York’s Hot 97′s Summer Jam festival in East Rutherford, N.J. Sunday. She never made it. Instead, she canceled because of comments made by Peter Rosenberg, the Hot 97 morning personality. He said Minaj‘s song ‘Starship’ was not real hip hop. Minaj took offense, […]
Young Money CEO Lil Wayne pulled his artists off of New York City’s Summer Jam Concert as a result of comments made by Hot 97’s morning personality Peter Rosenberg on stage. Here’s the diss- Rosenberg was quoted as saying, “where is all my real Hip-Hop fans, not that starships…” He also reportedly called Nicki Minaj […]