Aight… TALKIN’ OUTTA—New York Voice Only 💭🗽 Aight, look—Summer Jam season back outside, and this year? Nah… this ain’t just another show happening in New York. This feel like New York again. You hear it in the horns, you see it in the fits, you smell it in the halal smoke on the corner. The town different right now. And let’s not dance around it… THE KNICKS JUST BROUGHT A CHIP BACK TO THE GARDEN. 🏀💍 Yeah, I said it—banner up, parade through the canyon, orange and blue confetti in ya cereal type vibes. The city lit like it’s ‘99 and ‘73 mashed together. Every borough talking spicy again. Cats that ain’t watched a game since Melo days suddenly courtside in they hearts. Don’t matter if you from the Floss, the X, Uptown, Westchedda, Yonkers, Strong Island… everybody yelling “WE HERE.” So now? Summer Jam gotta match that energy. No excuses. 🎤 HOT 97 STARTING TO SOUND LIKE THE BLOCK AGAIN First off—shoutout to Mero touching down on the Morning Show. That was necessary. That’s that l...

NY Radio Don’t Play NY Music Anymore… So What We Doin’? Shoutout to Shawn Cotton from Say Cheese, ‘cause when he touched down in NYC recently, he said something that low‑key hurt the city’s pride. Man said he ain’t hear NO New York artists in New York. Not in the clubs, not in the lounges, not in the Uber, not even in the corner store where the chopped cheese be hittin’. Instead? He said he heard a whole lotta BossMan Dlow and a couple other out‑of‑towners. Now listen… he ain’t wrong. And yeah, nobody listens to the radio like that anymore, but let’s keep it a stack: these DJs ain’t really DJing no more. It’s a business now. They not breaking artists — they waiting for the industry to break the artist first. They wanna see a million views, a viral TikTok, a WorldStar moment, THEN they’ll spin you like they been supporting from day one. Meanwhile, I’m in my whip bumpin’ Nino Man, Sheff G, Sleepy Hallow, King Beamo, Fivio Foreign, Benji the ButterMan, Vado, Dave East, Poppa Da Don, Ro...