Ebro in the Morning — the show hosted by Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, and Peter Rosenberg — was abruptly canceled by HOT 97 on Friday. But that doesn’t mean the show is going away.
In the aftermath of the show’s cancellation, Ebro has been pushing listeners to a newly launched YouTube channel. After sharing a link to the channel, which is labeled as The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show, the channel immediately featured more than 3,500 subscribers without sharing a video.
The release of the YouTube channel came after both Ebro Darden and Peter Rosenberg shared videos on social media discussing their exits from the station. Ebro in the Morning had been on HOT 97 since 2012.
In his video on social media, Darden said that he viewed his exit as politically motivated.
“They need my (expletive)-talking, anti‑Netanyahu, anti‑government, progressive (expletive) out the way, bro,” he said. “They need me out the way.”
Rosenberg said he’s looking forward to the future after the exit from HOT 97.
“I told you guys for a long time, change is afoot,” he said. “Change can be beautiful. There are some changes on the horizon. Stay tuned.”
While the radio show may have ended, Superadio, the national syndicator of the morning program, has said that it remains in business with Darden, Stylez, and Rosenberg, and is also looking forward to the future.
“While the distribution of Ebro in the Morning in its current form is ending, Superadio remains fully committed to the Ebro brand,” the company said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing to bring Ebro’s voice and talent to the masses across new platforms, which we’ll be sharing more about very soon.”
In addition to his work with HOT 97 and Superadio, Ebro Darden is the Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B at Apple Music, where he hosts The Ebro Show and Rap Life Radio.
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this is very upsetting. everything is political. we are moving into total censorship. America has become a very scary place.