Hot 97 Summer Jam 2011 MyFox NY Backstage Interviews

Hot 97 Summer Jam 2011 is now all but a memory, but Fox 5's Lisa Evers interviews the best and brightest hip hop stars backstage at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

Hot97 Summer Jam 2011 Stream

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Kanye West Angie Martinez HOT97 Interview

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DJ Nasty Hot 97 Summer Jam 2010 NYC Video Recap

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Hot 97 Summer Jam 2010 Internet Round Up

Hot 97 Summer Jam 2010 Internet Round Up

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New York Daily News - Hot 97's Summer Jam starts season off right with Drake, Nicki Minaj at New Meadowlands Stadium

MTV - DJ Khaled Tells How He Ignited Hot 97's Summer Jam (with video)

The Boom Box - Ludacris, DJ Khaled Tear Down Hot 97's Summer Jam 2010

Hip Hop DX - Drake, Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled Rock Hot 97's Summer Jam

BET - HOT 97’s 2010 Summer Jam Recap

All Hip Hop - Drake, Gucci, Rick Ross, Other Stars Perform at Sold Out Summer Jam

Billboard - Drake, Trey Songz, Usher, DJ Khaled Heat Up Summer Jam Show

New York Times - Few Hometown Heroes at a Hip-Hop Showcase

New Jersey.com - Summer Jam 2010: Lots of familiar faces, and a few great new ones

SOHH - Jim Jones Gets Shut Out Of Hot 97's Summer Jam, On-Stage Dipset Reunion Crumbles

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J. Cole Live At S.O.B.'s NYC Concert Recap

via Showing Out

Last night at New York City venue SOB’s, the Roc was definitely in the building. Performing to a sold-out crowd, Roc Nation’s own J. Cole ripped through cuts off his seminal mixtape The Warm Up and threw in a few surprises during his hourlong set, including guest appearances from Young Chris, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek to help out on a few of their collaborations with the freshman emcee. With a crowd packed into the venue tighter than a shrunken pair of skinny jeans, the show was a taste of bigger things to come for the rapper, who’s readying his Roc Nation debut for release later this year.

With industry figures like Statik Selektah, Sha Money XL and Pill watching from V.I.P., J. Cole made his grand entrance to the stage at around 10:30 P.M., kicking off the show with a rendition of “Dollar & A Dream II” where the North Carolina emcee spit acapella before the DJ kicked the instrumental. Cole followed with “World is Empty” before addressing the crowd, reflecting on how he arrived to NYC seven years prior and caught a relatively unknown Kanye West play at the very same venue. Cue “Last Call,” which Cole destroyed before segueing into his “Dead Presidents II” freestyle, the centerpiece of his Warm Up tape.



Cole next brought out Young Chris as his first guest of the evening, bringing the on-wax magic of their collabo “Still the Hottest” alive on stage. “I Get Up” and “Losing My Balance” followed, with Cole pandering to the crowd by bigging up Queens and Brooklyn. “Dreams” and “Lights Please” came next, with the latter seeing the rapper spit over a naked keyboard melody before the beat crashed in and kicked the joint into full gear.



Once the beat for Talib Kweli’s “Get By” began booming through the speakers, Cole spit his verse from his freestyle before inviting Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek on stage to do the original track, rocking the beat before performing their collaboration “Just Begun” off Reflection Eternal’s forthcoming sophomore album Revolutions Per Minute. But the highlight of the evening? Cole played some new shit for a song called “Who Dat,” a joint that began with an instrumental that sampled the same beat as Beanie Sigel’s song of the same name, with the instro cutting out to let Cole spit it acapella. The up-and-comer shut down the set with his verse from Wale’s “Beautiful Day” and “Grown Simba,” and by the end, the star that had only recently been born had truly begun to shine.

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Check out more J. Cole SOB's live reviews here:
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Entertainment Weekly
MTV
XXL
Hip Hop Update
Hip Hop DX

A nice video montage recaping the show from 2 dope boyz below.



more fan shot footage below.





(video courtesy of LaceZilla, akirshba, 2 dope boyz, HenritoLuvsTRL, Young CTV & Hip Hop & BS)

This Is 50 Fest Interview Footage With 50 Cent, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones and Red Cafe

Backstage at This is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

(video courtesy of 50 Cent)

Red Cafe Performs "Hottest In The Hood" at This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC

This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

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Wyclef Jean Performs "Sweetest Girl" at This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC

This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

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This is 50 Fest Live Footage With Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Styles P, D-Block

This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

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More "This Is 50 Fest" Governor's Island NYC with 50 Cent and G-Unit Videos and Photos

This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

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Maino Governor's Island NYC This Is 50 Fest Footage

This Is 50 Fest Governor's Island NYC Saturday October 3.

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Consequence & John Legend perform at S.O.B.s in New York City

As part of Hot97's Hennessy Artistry Presents Who's Next Live series, Consequence ,with some help from John Legend, stormed S.O.B.'s in New York City Thursday September 24.

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Consequence - Cons TV on Motown/Universal in-stores November 10

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D-Block: Hot 97 Summer Jam and release party photos

A busy week for Yonkers' favorite boys. Hot off of Jadakiss's release 'The Last Kiss' and D-Block's 'No Security' released June 9, Lox/D-Block movement is in full effect.


Check out the photos of the D-Block release party held at Prime in New York City on June 10 click here

Jay-Z takes the crown again at Hot 97 Summer Jam with DOA performance

Many were there on stage and off at yesterday's Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium including Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Fabolous, T-Pain, Young Jeezy, Elephant Man, Mary J. Blige, Jadakiss, Redman & Method Man and even Soulja Boy got in there. But the highlight had to be Jay-Z doing "Death of Autotune" his latest offering from the upcoming 'Blueprint 3'.

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