HOT 97's "Ebro In The Morning" Is Officially Over

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 02: Ebro, Laura Stylez, and Peter Rosenberg attend Hot 97 Summer Jam 2024 at UBS Arena on June 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Ebro hinted that things weren't looking good for his morning show in September and blamed ownership for creating rifts between hosts.

Another iconic program over at HOT 97 in New York City has come to a close. Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez said goodbye to Ebro In The Morning today (Dec. 12) after 13 years. Per Barrett Media, Ebro and Peter broke the news on their X accounts moments after the final show concluded.

"It’s done. More to come. #EbroInTheMorning," the host tweeted. Peter added, "I lived out a childhood dream and it was amazing. Very excited for what's next #ebrointhemorning #reallate."

At the time of writing, Laura has yet to speak on the matter.

This development is sad for hip-hop media, but it's one that Ebro and Peter both saw coming for some time. In September, the former went on rant about how the new ownership at HOT 97 was essentially doing nothing to keep their top programs, like DJ Enuff's, alive. Additionally, he accused them of pitting Enuff and Funkmaster Flex against one another.

"Congratulations, you played yourself to our family up here, all of us up here who have worked at Hot 97 and even individuals who no longer work at Hot 97, who wanted to chime in about what's going on at Hot 97. I been telling y'all for months, years that the new ownership of the big legend, Hot 97, didn't give a damn about investing in this damn thing here."

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He continued, "No new studios, making cuts, cutting staff, cutting this, cutting that. Then, I hear last Thursday Flex started tweeting about his last show, that they're keeping our show on 'til 11:00. I didn't get an email, a text, I didn't get nothing."

As for Rosenberg, he posted a video to his Instagram hours ago expressing similar thoughts but in a tamer manner. "I tried to tell you guys for a long time change was afoot and change is afoot. But change can be beautiful. So, yeah, there's some changes on the horizon, stay tuned," he concluded.

It sounds like something could be in the works for the longtime trio to stay together in some capacity. However, that's merely speculation as of now. Ebro In The Morning now joins DJ Enuff, who left the station in August after 27 years.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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