Future paid a visit to The Angie Martinez Show on HOT 97 radio and opened up on a number of topics. Future shares his thoughts on being successful as a writer and is reluctant to share on-the-air some of the more expensive purchases he’s made in the past in order to avoid any potential complications with his child support. The auto-tuned enthusiast also makes it clear to Angie that singer Ciara is “the one” for him. Future also reveals to Angie that he’s been in the studio with Pharrell and currently is sitting on three collaborative songs he’s looking to sell.
Metta World Peace recently paid Ebro a visit at HOT 97 and decided to play his new song titled “Peace” for the listeners. Metta reassured fans the track was dope after finding himself under Ebro’s inquisitive spotlight for a moment. Watch as the NBA player talks about his transition to the New York Knicks and lets the fans know what they can expect to see.
Nicki Minaj recently called into HOT 97 radio to speak with DJ Funkmaster Flex to clear up the now infamous DJ Khaled marriage proposal. Though clearly a publicity stunt, some fans took the proposal seriously which promoted Nicki to address the issue as she reassured fans live on the air with Flex that it was simply a tactic to promote Khaled’s new single “I Wanna Be With You” which is off his upcoming Suffering From Success album. Khaled’s new radio smash features Nicki Minaj along with Future and Rick Ross. Funk also takes the opportunity to ask Nicki about her recent instagram video she posted which briefly showcased her twerking skills while taking a dip in her pool. Minaj also shares with fans the motivation behind all her hard work and says that Drake is her baby while Lil Wayne means the world to her.
Jay-Z who is currently promoting his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, stopped by Hot 97 for a one-on-one interview with the lovely Angie Martinez. In this first clip above, Hov opens things up by revealing that he prefers to stay off social media platforms and enforces a certain code of ethics in his chosen circle, however, he admits to giving Lenny S. the exclusive green light to post what he desires. Jay also opens up about his memorable Q&A session with fans on Twitter, the Brooklyn Nets, and tells Angie he no longer needs money.
In part two of Hot 97’s exclusive interview with Jay-Z and Angie Martinez, Hov gives his opinion on the growing public backlash towards Miley Cyrus and the recent album releases from J. Cole, Wale and Kanye West. Jigga man also praises Kanye’s latest effort with Yeezus and explains why he feels the album is artistic and great for hip hop. Continuing with the interview, Jay enlightens Angie to the fact that Beyonce has a vault of hit records they enjoy listening to privately and also shares his experience with attending President Barack Obama’s inauguration which apparently ended up getting ratchet.
Big Sean caught up with HOT 97’s morning show to discuss a number of things and appeared to be in good spirits. The G.O.O.D. Music artist opened up about his new relationship with Glee star Naya Rivera and gives fans the heads up on his new black colorway of the Adidas pro models hitting retailers soon. Sean also shares his experience with meeting fellow Detroit emcee Eminem and confirms there will be a collaboration from the two artists surfacing but its unclear on who’s project it will be featured on.
Deric Angelettie, better known as “D-Dot”, makes an appearance on Juan Epstein as opens up about his past beef with Kanye West. D-Dot enlightens listeners on how his relationship with Kanye West developed during his early years as a producer and his work ethic. The former Bad Boy producer touches on his experience with formerly managing West when he was trying to break into the industry as a rapper and how he single handedly was responsible for helping Ye recover his publishing rights in full years ago. However, like most times, good things come to an end and eventually Kanye and D-Dot found themselves falling out.
If you haven’t already heard, Papoose pulled a “Lil Mama” last night at HOT 97’s annual Summer Jam concert and was able to steal the stage for a one song performance of his new single “Get At Me” featuring Ron Browz. Following Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolboy Q’s performance the crowd was treated to a short set from New York MC Papoose who appeared to surprise everyone with his presence. After thoroughly investigating the matter, HOT 97’s Ebro discovered that Pap was able to pull off the stunt with the help of Kendrick Lamar and the TDE crew who purposely finished their set close to five minutes early in order to allow Pap the opportunity to perform. In the video clip below, watch as Papoose unexpectedly hits the stage and does his thing.
Ebro was also able to get the truth out from fellow radio host Peter Rosenberg the following morning who came clean that he secretly knew Papoose’s performance was going to go down but remained silent on that matter. According to Rosenberg and Ebro, the motive behind Kendrick’s assist was because years prior when K Dot was an upcoming artist Papoose looked out and took care of him. Take a look at the video footage below to see Ebro break the whole incident down live on the air during “The Realness” portion of the show.
In other news, Papoose did reveal that female rapper Remy Ma will be home sometime next year. It’s going to be interesting to see what the two artists have previously recorded together or what will come from any future studio sessions. Check out the audio/video below to hear Pap’s side of how it all went down.
Wale recently caught up with the good folks over at HOT 97 for an interview and discussed a number of topics like his upcoming performance at Summer Jam and potential special guests, his new album The Gifted dropping June 25, and he confirms he is no longer working with artist Tiara Thomas. Peep the interview above with Cipha Sounds, Peter Rosenberg, K. Foxx, and Ebro.
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