Controversies @ Hot 97 & Power 105 | Howard Stern not moving

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Controversies @ Hot 97 & Power 105 | Howard Stern not moving

"A popular radio personality was fired yesterday after making a series of shockingly ugly, racist and violent on-air remarks - including a threat to sexually molest the young daughter of a rival deejay. The comments by Troi Torain - better known to his listeners on top-rated hip-hop station Power 105 (WWPR-FM) as DJ Star - were so over the top that he could be in hot water with the FCC and the Manhattan district attorney's office. Torain offered listeners $500 to tell him where the daughter of nemesis DJ Envy, of Hot 97, went to school. "Yes, I disrespect your seed," Torain ranted. "If you didn't hear me, I said I would like to do an R. Kelly on your seed. On your little baby girl."" [Daily News]

"Hot 97 Limits Posses and Puts Security on Patrol......but the radio station's landlord still wants to evict them! The trouble-attracting hip=hop and R&B station won a reprieve from a judge, allowing them to let rappers return to the studios. But on the condition that rappers do not bring their entourages - hmm, will does a publicist or manservant count?" [Gothamist]

"US "shock jock" Howard Stern has vowed never to return to terrestrial radio because of the censorship.
Stern, who has moved to an unregulated subscription satellite network, said he would "throw up" if he had to go back. " [BBC]

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Posted on May 11, 2006 9:46 AM

Comments (15)

Classy dude, that DJ Star is. Goofballs.

Posted by Willie B. | May 11, 2006 10:09 AM

so they fire him and when ratings dip they'll hire him back...same ol shit

Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2006 10:23 AM

now, i've seen it all... the vegan speaking of stern and ghetto-fab terrestrial radio stations in the same post?!!? thanks but looking for something a little less 'gothamist'

Posted by b | May 11, 2006 10:23 AM

What consitutes a radio station being "ghetto-fab"? Is it just because plays it predominantly black music?

Watch yourself B.

Posted by Check Yourself B | May 11, 2006 10:42 AM

Why aren't people more disgusted with child/sexual exploitation in this world?!?!?

Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2006 11:05 AM

Way to misdirect B

Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2006 11:22 AM

Oh my God! B, "Check Yourself B" almost convinced me you were a card-carrying member of the Klan. I mean how could you stoop so low as to call a rap station "ghetto-fab." I'm glad the political correctness police watch this site protect us all. And a question, would calling this blog "suburb-fab" be offensive to anyone because it mostly talks about white music?

Posted by Whoa | May 11, 2006 12:24 PM

Oh my God! B, "Check Yourself B" almost convinced me you were a card-carrying member of the Klan. I mean how could you stoop so low as to call a rap station "ghetto-fab." I'm glad the political correctness police watch this site to protect us all. And a question, would calling this blog "suburb-fab" be offensive to anyone because it mostly talks about white music?

Posted by Whoa | May 11, 2006 12:25 PM

Whoa, there is an established connotation to "ghetto-fab", while there is not one with the phrase "suburb-fab", so obviously its not the same thing. I don't mean to take away from your witty sense of sarcasm though, you are clearly a master of irony.

Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2006 12:30 PM

this is why i do not listen to rap music. word to your mother.

Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2006 1:45 PM

Ahh, nothing like a little hip-hop news to let the biased disguised as sarcasm contigent come out of the woodwork

Posted by Reg! | May 11, 2006 2:46 PM

an angel dies every time people are sarcastic about sarcasm

Posted by john | May 11, 2006 3:46 PM

I am a DJ. I am what I play.

Posted by David Bowie | May 11, 2006 11:09 PM

ghetto-fab as in not beats and rhymes a la DangerDoom, Cage, El Producto. my mic sounds nice. check it.

Posted by B | May 12, 2006 9:55 AM

not too bad