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"After watching HBO's Storm over Brooklyn, HOT97 was shocked and took swift action," the station wrote on Twitter. "Paddy Duke is no longer employed by HOT97. The march for social justice continues."

Plus: Heilung, Best Coast, Bat for Lashes, EarthGang/Mick Jenkins, Angels & Airwaves, and more.

Over the beat to Nas' "N.Y. State of Mind," Banks dissed mumble rappers ("A lot of shit I'm not understanding, whole kind of questions for me / Culture lessons, punks need addressin', they out here dressin' funny") referenced Migos and Joe Budden's near-a…

Also: Fat Joe & Remy Ma, Desiigner, DJ Khaled, French Montana, Tory Lanez, Lil Yachty, D.R.A.M., Faith Evans (paying tribute to Biggie), and more.

Drake and Future brought their "Summer Sixteen" tour to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night (8/4) for their first of eight NYC-area shows (and first of six in NYC proper). Like at the other stops on the tour so far, Drake played just about everything you'd want to hear, but he als…

Less than 24 hours after comedian and longtime Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds made the news for voicing his frustrations with Hot 97, and revealing he turned down offers to work at 105...

As discussed, NYC rapper Action Bronson will release his new album, Mr. Wonderful, on March 24 via Vice/Atlantic. He's since scheduled a hometown show happening about two months ahead of that release at BB King's on Janu...

As the NY Times reports:In a shake-up of the hip-hop radio world in New York, Angie Martinez, one of the longest-running and most popular D...

Tyler, the Creator @ MHOW, March 2013(more by Jason Bergman)

Earl Sweatshirt, who is about to link up with the touring Tyler, the Creator for some Earl Wolf shows in Texas, just played the Downtown Music Festival in NYC over the weekend...

Kendrick Lamar at Roseland in February (more by Dylan Johnson)

We recently posted that the Hot 97 Summer Jam "Festival Village" lineup (aka the side stage in the parking lot), which features Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, A$AP Ferg, Smoke DZA, Bodega Bamz, Troy Ave, and m...