Thank you to J.O. Vanguard, who put together my official birthday bash this year! Of course couldn’t have anyone but the boss man and fellow Leo himself on the 1′s and 2′s!
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(Photos) Peterpalooza IV [New York, NY]
Peter Rosenberg’s fourth annual Peterpalooza birthday concert was maj! Going down at the Best Buy Theater, it featured performances from Bodega Bamz, Vic Mensa, A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob and more. I finally got to chat it up with my BFF adjace Amber Rose too which was amazing!
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(Video) Joey Bada$$ Addresses Troy Ave Twitter Beef On Ebro In The Morning
Last month, New York rappers Joey Bada$$ and Troy Ave traded a few subliminals on Twitter, after Joey didn’t take too kindly to Troy‘s claims that his official first-week sales of 7,700 units as an independent artist was a huge deal. As Joey is independent as well, he tweeted the following:
“Reminder: Joey Bada$$ sold 57,000+ albums in his first week, INDEPENDENTLY… At 20 years old… $10/album… 85% of shares, do the math….That makes me the #1 Independent Hip Hop artist/brand in the world….”
Naturally, an exchange then ensued. Appearing on Hot 97‘s Ebro In The Morning this week to promote the first annual #STEEZday concert (in honor of the birthday of the late Capital STEEZ of Joey‘s Pro Era crew,) the Brooklyn emcee said the following:
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Rosenberg Radio Presents: Joe Budden x Marisa Mendez x Rory – I’ll Name This Podcast Later [Episode 21]
The episode you’ve all been waiting for since last week’s “controversy“! Of course we discuss Nicki and Meek, but if you missed it, Joe also addressed it on Ebro In The Morning before we sat down to record.
“This is what happens on podcasts, you half-heartedly speak on things that might be a hot topic, right?” Joey told us. “The camera guy just showed a lot of shots of Meek blissfully smiling in love. I thought that was interesting. I thought it was funny.”
We go into more depth on episode 21 below. As always, subscribe on iTunes here, and for advice, ideas or suggestions – illnamethispodcastlater@gmail.com!
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(Photos) Me Doing Misc. Cool Shit – June 2015
Fetty Wap, August Alsina and the Jersey fam Tsu Surf dropped by Hot 97, I randomly met Taye Diggs at a bar and my good friends over at Mass Appeal invited me to join them at their first annual BBQ with Pusha T, Dave East, Chevy Woods, Audra The Rapper, my JERSEY fam Dougie F. and more!
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(Photos + Video) Summer Jam 2015 Recap: Performances, Gossip + More!
Yesterday marked the 23rd annual Summer Jam concert from Hot 97, and another epic night for the record books! I was frazzled for a majority of the show because I signed up to work, and was assigned to handle all things Fetty Wap and Ty Dolla $ign…which sounded fun in theory, but DAMN it was a lot of work! Needless to say, I missed about 90% of things that happened – and that includes all that drama outside. My mother actually was texting me in a panic making sure I was okay, and I had to ask her what she was talking about because we were calmly sitting around sharing “deez nuts” jokes backstage at the time. LOL! It’s a shame a few bad apples attempted to spoil the whole bunch, but they ultimately didn’t – as the show went on inside without incident, and for the tens of thousands that did get in, it was an amazing time!
SO much went on behind-the-scenes and on the stage, so I’ll start from the beginning at the Festival Stage.
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(Video) Fetty Wap on Ebro In The Morning
Just before he takes the stage for his first-ever Summer Jam performance on Sunday (which is also his 24th birthday, by the way), Fetty Wap stopped by Hot 97 to chat with Ebro In The Morning this week.
During the interview, Fetty spoke on his newfound fame, the house he just bought , getting “fake” dreads and the flack he caught for it, who really is his “Trap Queen” and more.
On the faux dreads:
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