audiences, continues to be a legacy for WQHT. As Funkmaster Flex puts it: “I think a radio station such as Hot 97 has a way of keeping to the pulse...And I think why it has survived so long is you know the radio station knows what artists are on the cusp or on the come up, and they always know the legends that people wanna see.” On-air On December 13, 2018, rapper Kodak Black walked out of the Ebro in the Morning show after host, Ebro Darden questioned Black about his ongoing sexual assault case. Violence and drill music controversy In 2022, some individuals drew connections between the pro-gun content of Brooklyn drill to real-world gun violence on the streets of New York that had killed a number of Brooklyn drill artists. In response to the large number of dead young people connected to the music scene, Hot 97's DJ Drewski vowed to stop playing gang/diss records in February 2022 and Ebro Darden re-iterated his ongoing objection to playing diss tracks that incite specific violence. Notable staff Current DJ Jabba Ebro Darden Nessa Lisa Evers DJ Enuff Peter Rosenberg Laura Stylez Funkmaster Flex Former Sunny Anderson Al "Nouveau" Bandiero Lil Nat Buckwild Doctor Dré Joe Budden Sway DJ Envy DJ Cocoa Chanelle DJ Red Alert DJ Green Lantern Flavor Flav Fatman Scoop Glenn Friscia Lisa G. DJ Kay Slay Howard Hoffman DJ Skribble Miss Jones Vic Latino DJ Mister Cee Angie Martinez Raqiyah Mays Ralph McDaniels DJ Megatron Stephanie Miller DJ Whoo Kid David Morales Frankie Knuckles Miss Info Chuck Riley Ed Lover Scottie Beam DJ Clue? Cipha Sounds DJ Jazzy Joyce La La Vasquez Johnny Vicious Wendy Williams In popular culture Films and television In the 30 Rock episode called "The Source Awards", Tracy Jordan mentions Hot 97 as a traditional place to get shot. The Sklar Brothers riff on Hot 97 in their Comedy Central Presents special. In the Seinfeld episode called "The Pool Guy", Kramer mentions Hot 97 as one of the sponsors to his fraudulent Moviefone information line. In the movie World Trade Center, one of the officers says that his wife heard on Hot 97 that a second plane had hit the towers, to which another officer replies: "Who gets their news from Hot 97?" In the 2002 film, "Brown Sugar", Hot 97 is featured with Angie Martinez. In For All Mankind, an American alternate