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Welcome @angiemartinez the "Voice of New York" to @Power1051 !

— The Breakfast Club (@breakfastclubam) June 19, 2014

Today it became evident why Angie Martinez left her gig at Hot 97 after 15 years. Clear Channel has announced the hiring of the "Voice of New York." 

Angie will now host afternoons on Power 105.1 in New York and Midday's on Miami's 103.5 The Beat. This is a huge coup for Clear Channel. Angie is highly respected throughout the industry and is known for nailing down interviews with everyone from Jay Z to 50 Cent.

"I am grateful to the Emmis family for my time with the company and the immeasurable way that it has shaped my life," Angie wrote on Instagram. "We made history together in so many ways and I will cherish those memories and my friendships forever. This was one of the toughest decisions I've ever had to make but ultimately it is time to move on, to grow and to be challenged in new ways. Saying goodbye is always emotional and bitter sweet but I am extremely excited about the future. Thank you HOT97 and most importantly....the listeners... for an unimaginable journey."

Congrats to Angie on her new gig!

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Paparazzi Pone borrows the instrumental from Kanye West's "Devil in a New Dress" for his latest joint. Video directed by Swif. This is off of Pone's mixtape entitled There Will Be Blood. Grab it now from Darpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Paparazzi-Pone-There-Will-Be-Blood-mixtape.597137.html.

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When you think of Precious Paris three things automatically come to mind: her beauty, G-Unit and bars. The Queens, New York representative can flat out spit with the best of them. With each release Paris' talent becomes more evident.

Check out her remix of Hit Boy's "Grinding My Whole Life." Download it here https://soundcloud.com/preciousparis/nah-im-talkin-bout.

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G-Unit is assaulting everyone's instrumentals since reuniting at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2014. 50 Cent, Young Buck, Kidd Kidd, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo follow up their blazing Webster Hall concert by remixing Trey Songz and Young Jeezy's song entitled "Ordinary."

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G-Unit is not slowing down as they celebrate their reunion. 50 Cent, Kidd Kidd, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Kidd Kidd hop on Drake's "0 to 100" track and flip into a song they call "Real Quick."

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Papoose is gearing up to release his new mixtape entitled YCSD. Check out his freestyle over DJ Khaled's "They Don't Love You No More." Download it here http://www.audiomack.com/song/paperchaserdotcom/they-aint-thuggin-no-more.

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Troy Ave and his Brick Star Boyz crew of King Sevin, Young Lito and Avon Blocksdale will be dropping the fourth edition of their BSB mixtape series on Monday, May 5.

Harry Powder links up with producer Sunny Dukes for a track off of the project entitled "Me and You." Download it here for free https://soundcloud.com/troyave/troy-ave-bsb-me-and-you-prod.

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STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV in 1999 but it was their cutting-edge radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in history.

Considered radio pioneers by many, STAR & BUC WILD have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."

Their resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat, shot97.com and VH1 (The Gossip Game).

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Lupe Fiasco releases a new freestyle for his fans. This one is called "Thot 97." The Chicago emcee spits over the instrumental to Que's hit song "OG Bobby Johnson."

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The fallout surrounding Trinidad James' comments about Atlanta running New York musically continues. As we previously reported, Maino responded to the comments by letting James know he wasn't going to let them slide. This morning the Brooklyn, New York emcee called into Hot 97 to explain his point of view and demanded an apology from Trinidad and said he needed to be disciplined.

"He's gotta apologize to New York City," Maino said. "He's gotta apologize to my city. He's gotta apologize to Brooklyn. He's got to apologize to Harlem. Because he offended us, disrespected us in our city. People paid you to come here. They didn't pay you to disrespect them."

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Brooklyn, New York emcee Troy Ave is a problem. The Brick Star Boyz boss is gearing up to release his debut album titled New York City. He stopped by Hot 97 to kick it with DJ Enuff. while there he performed the Scram Jones-produced banger "Hot Out" and spit a freestyle

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Prominent New York City radio personality DJ Mister Cee has resigned from his job at Hot 97. The resignation comes on the heels of allegations that Cee solicited sex from cross dresser/internet personality Bimbo Winehouse.

A video was released today by Winehouse. It includes audio of him discussing prices for sex with someone believed to be Mister Cee.

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Cee signed off today after 20 years with Hot 97. Read what he had to say below.

It is not a mystery that the past two years I've been through a lot," he said on the air Wednesday when announcing his resignation. When you dealing with corporate America, and you dealing with a station you love as much as I love this station, you don't want to put them through this … I've been thinking about this day for a long time. I never want to be in a situation where I'm pushed out. I've been at this station for 20 years, since 1993. If I want to go out, allow me to say I'm going out. And the station is allowing me to have that, and I appreciate that. Ain't nobody perfect man. And I'm far from perfect. I've made my mistakes, but when it affects the people that you love, the people that you come up with … I'm just gonna move on.

This is the fourth time in the last two years that Cee has run into problems stemming from soliciting sex on the streets of New York.

In May of this year he was arrested for trying to pay an undercover male cop for sex. In March 2011, he was caught by police receiving oral sex a cross-dressing prostitute in a car. He also pleaded guilty six months earlier to the same offence.

Hot 97 bid the DJ farewell in a statement:

"Due to some personal circumstances that have become public, after 20 years of service, Mr Cee has chosen to resign," Hot 97 general manager Alexandra Cameron said.

Watch the video below.

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50 Cent and Kidd Kidd stopped by Hot 97 to talk with Funk Flex.

50 says how he feels about Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, Kidd Kidd hoping on Wayne's "Dedication 5" tape, new music & more! 

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The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards was neither good or bad. It was somewhere in the middle. There were some memorable moments, and a few that should have been avoided.

Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg kicked "The Realness" this morning be naming the top 5 most awkward moments of the night.

5. Jaden Smith praying to Drake.

4. Mary Lambert making ugly faces while singing "Same Love" with Macklemore

3. NSYNC's awkward performance with Justin Timberlake

2. A$AP Rocky pointing to Jason Collins when talking about homosexuality

1. Robin Thicke performing with Miley Cyrus

What do you think of the list? Is it pretty accurate?

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Hot 97 presents Summer Jam XX at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Performers on the main stage include Wu-Tang Clan, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Wale, Fabolous 2 Chainz, French Montana, A$AP Rocky, Joe Budden. 


Plus the Biggest Surprise Guests in Hip Hop!

Festival stage performers:

Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, A$AP Ferg, Vinny Cha$e, Smoke DZA, Bodega Bamz, Troy Ave, Kid Ink, and the winner of the 2013 Who’s Next Battle for the Best, Radamiz!

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STAR talks about the Oregon teen arrested for plotting a mass killing, Nikko & Johnny from Love and Hip Hop, his new favorite show Beer Money (SNY), Hater advice for Wyclef Jean, Nicki Minaj being interviewed by the Hot 97 morning show and his up-coming trip to London.

Star & Buc Wild have spanned the arenas of radio, television and publishing. In translating their distinctive style-of-no-style to the mainstream, Torain perfected the unique ability to captivate wider, audiences without compromising authenticity.

Considered radio pioneers by many, Star & Buc Wild have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."

Star & Buc Wild made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.

Star & Buc Wild's resume includes Around The Way Mag, The Source, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat and shot97.com.

This clip is from their LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.

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STAR talks JoJo Simmons denouncing street tension, The LA Lakers falling to pieces, NY radio station Hot 97 being desperate for ratings, The Afrika Bambaataa gay date rape rumor, the DMX and Iyanla Vanzant interview, Buc Wild trying to steal money from STAR and dropping the Funkmaster Flex bomb!!

Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched. 

Considered radio pioneers by many, Star & Buc Wild have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."

Star & Buc Wild made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.


Star & Buc Wild's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).

This clip is from their LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.

Media relations contact Sarah O'Neil — thehater1964@yahoo.com

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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Joe Budden for an exclusive interview!

Watch part 1 where he talks about being on the new season of Wild 'N Out; Molly & not rapping on Tahiry's 'Devil' song.

In part 2 of our interview Joe talks about confronting Consequence because he was talking about him in interviews. He said he didn't know the cameras were on. He also says he wasn't there to fight, just to talk. But now that he had the conversation with him, if he does it again, he will approach him in a "Different" way.

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Things got extremely awkward recently when Joe Budden crossed paths with Consequence in between their interviews at Hot 97.

The tension between the two "Love & Hip Hop New York" co-stars has been bubbling ever since Cons said some negative things about Joe in interviews with The Breakfast Club and Vlad TV.

While at Hot 97 yesterday Joe confronted Cons to see what all the talk was about. Joe said he wasn't used to seeing people on a show one day then giving a negative interview about him the next.

Cons placed the blame on Raqi Thunda, saying she had instigated things with disparaging remarks about Joe. Cons also said he was gassed up in the interviews by the hosts which led to him saying slick sh*t about Joe.

Check out the confrontation below. Who backs down in your opinion?

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Nicki Minaj isn't having her best week. First Steven Tyler criticized her skills as a judge on American Idol, which caused a big uproar. Then the sales figures for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up came in at less than 35,000 for the first week.

Then yesterday, Hot 97 program director Ebro said Peter Rosenberg ended her career when he criticized her earlier this year for going pop with records like "Starships."

Ebro says he got a call from the Young Money star yesterday regarding his comments. Among other things she called him a fake cornball and told him to never play her music again.

Should Nicki be trying to patch things up with with program directors instead of chewing them out?

The Realness: Nicki Minaj Called Ebro

The Realness: F*ck you, Youtube Haters!

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