GloRilla performs at the HOT 97 Summer Jam 2025 on June 20, 2025 in New York City. Photo Credit: Johnnie Lear The 2025 HOT 97 Summer Jam festival lit up the Prudential Center in Newark on June 20, ...

A Boogie, Gunna, GloRilla, and More Electrified the Sold Out Crowd at the Prudential Center "Summer Jam 2025 was a smash hit and as part of our partnership with Afro-urban media powerhouse Trace, HOT ...

Nothing says hello summer in NYC more than Hot 97’s annual mega concert Summer Jam. The show always gives loyal attendees a perfect mix of Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B, and now Afrobeat. What set this year ...

Any conversation regarding the cultural institutions of hip-hop is not complete without mentioning WQHT (97.1 FM) —better known as Hot 97. Hot 97, New York's preeminent radio station and the place ...

New York City radio mainstay Funkmaster Flex is reportedly not leaving his longtime gig at Hot 97, despite seemingly announcing his exit after 33 years on the station’s airwaves. The veteran rapper ...

Well-known NYC hip-hop DJ Mister Cee, credited with discovering The Notorious B.I.G, died at 57, according to radio station HOT 97 (WQHT). "As a family at HOT 97 and WBLS, we're deeply saddened by the ...

The hip-hop DJ known as Mister Cee, hailed as “legendary” for pioneering the genre and championing its rising stars, has died at the age of 57. No cause of death was given by his family, who confirmed ...

In the early 1990s, WQHT New York, the Emmis Communications-owned radio station known as Hot 97, had a bit of an identity crisis. Ratings were down after veering from Top 40 to house and dance, and ...

From leading ladies JT and Yung Miami to chart-topping hitmakers Lil Baby and Lil Durk, Hot 97's 2022 Summer Jam proved that the South (and Mid-West) still have something to say. Yesterday's Hot 97 ...

Brooklyn rapper Gravy was shot Wednesday (April 26) outside New York’s Hot 97, moments before conducting a radio interview. The 28-year-old MC (born Jamal Wollard) was hit with one bullet in the ...

New York’s own Hot 97 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at the musical heart of the genre’s birthplace: Madison Square Garden. The celebration, currently scheduled for Sept. 15, will be ...