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May 10, 2006 @ 11:57 am
Brooklyn Rapper Gravy Banned From Hot 97 Airwaves
Last night, Funkmaster Flex made an important announcement during his nightly mixshow. "Gravy's records will never play on Hot 97 again," Flex said. "That goes for any artist that gets into an altercation. Whether it's your fault or not, your songs will not play...I'm sorry Gravy."
Flex also commented that the station should have made the same decision for rappers 50 Cent and The Game. In 2005, when a member of The Game's entourage was shot outside of the station during a feud between the two rappers, both artists were banned from making future station appearances.
Shortly after the Gravy incident, Hot 97 was hit with an eviction notice, in which the station has since taken legal action to oppose. Gravy's shooting marks the third act of gun violence involving Hot 97 in five years. In each of the three incidents, one victim has suffered non-life threatening injuries.
right "There's real-time cameras out there that are on 24 hours a day," Flex said in reference to the $9 million dollar camera surveillance plan recently announced by the NYPD throughout New York City.
In related news, the New York Daily News reported that the station’s landlord said on-air guests would have to give four days notice of their arrival. In addition the station officials have agreed to hire a security guard to remain outside the building when on-air guests are present and to install a lobby phone with a direct link to the NYPD.
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