Overview
- Ebro in the Morning ended after a 13-year run earlier this month, and Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez have relaunched together on YouTube.
- Speaking on their new show, Darden said on-air hosts do not choose what songs air and that only he and Funkmaster Flex occasionally got chances to break records.
- Rosenberg said DJs’ authority at the station was curtailed in 2014, undermining the idea that a single morning host could determine New York rap’s trajectory.
- Darden alleged the station’s new ownership and his progressive politics contributed to the cancellation, a claim not independently verified in the coverage.
- Hot 97 has not detailed a long-term morning lineup, and separate reports surfaced unverified claims that Drake sent hostile messages after the cancellation.