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, ...

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 ...

In a move that stunned the hip-hop world, Funkmaster Flex revealed that he is officially leaving Hot 97 after a remarkable 30-year run. The legendary DJ, who has been the heartbeat of the station ...

Funkmaster Flex is making a time shift on Hot 97 that reportedly has PM drive host Nessa Diab "very upset." Funkmaster Flex is making a time shift on Hot 97 that reportedly has PM drive host Nessa ...

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 ...

Consequence has a message for his former G.O.O.D. Music labelmate Pusha T. The Queens rapper stopped by Hot 97 recently to talk about the state of hip-hop with DJ Drewski by sharing alleged text ...

NEW YORK, October 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hip Hop culture just got bigger. HOT 97, the epicenter of hip hop, is bringing its iconic brand to television in Atlanta with the launch of WHOT TV 66.

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 ...