A look back at the legendary New York hip hop radio show that launched careers and defined a musical generation

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Hot 97's treatment of Cipha Sounds smells like hip hop ageism, disloyalty and disrespect. For them, it's nothing new.

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DJ Mister Cee, the long-standing midday spinner for iconic New York rap station Hot 97, who resigned from the station in 2013 amid fallout over a controversial arrest, only to soon thereafter reverse his decision, has resigned again.

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In an unexpected announcement, Hot 97 afternoon personality and "Voice of New York," Angie Martinez, has announced she is leaving the city's iconic rap and R&B station. No further information about her future plans were made immediately known.

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Weeks before Public Enemy frontman Chuck D ignited a war of Twitter words by criticizing Hot 97, the FCC received a document that could potentially knock them off the air. Here is what Hot 97 had to say in response, and why it might not be good enough to save them.

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Ebro Darden will be stepping down as Program Director of Hot 97, choosing to focus his efforts on his role as co-host of the Hot 97 Morning Show.

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NYC radio crew The Kevin Keith and the Dirty Dozen Radio Show will reunite on air for one night on the Monday, May 20th episode of Equilibrium Radio.

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Spent all morning trying to ignore the onslaught of negativity that's been circulating due to the circus-like circumstances and childlike rivalry between NY's hip hop radio stations. Ranted about it.

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