Key Takeaways:

• Ebro Darden confirmed the cancellation of “Ebro in the Morning” after over a decade on .
• Funk Flex clarified that his look was a one-day fill-in, not a everlasting takeover.
• has not but introduced a brand new host, leaving the way forward for its morning present unsure.

NYC radio goes by way of a shake up, and the main points are nonetheless being verified. Despite early studies, Funk Flex is not going to be changing the just lately canceled “Ebro in the Morning” slot on .

On Friday (Dec. 12), host Ebro Darden revealed and confirmed that his present with co-hosts Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez had been cancelled. “It’s done. More to come. #EbroInTheMorning,” he wrote on X.

Later within the day, the Apple music host launched a video the place he theorized that his “progressive” political beliefs had been not less than a part of the explanation the present was shuttered. The fallout sparked quite a lot of reactions to the information that — together with unhappiness and anger on the loss — additionally included DJ Akademiks mocking their firing and Drake chiming in via emoji.

Through all of the chaos, it will definitely was revealed that Funk Flex could be holding down the morning airwaves on Monday (Dec. 15). Various shops even reported that the long-lasting DJ was taking on shifting ahead.

However, Funk Flex is adamant that his internet hosting of the present is simply momentary. On Sunday (Dec. 14), he hopped into the remark part of ’s social media put up to cease the hypothesis in its tracks.

“So we are clear! I’m only covering tomorrow only! (One day),” Flex wrote. After saluting Darden, Rosenberg and Stylez, he added, “Ebro [you were] my boss for years… your passion for the music and dedication to the radio game is unmatched! I love you and I’m going to miss [you]! We been to war together when no one would stand with us!”

As Flex talked about, Darden stepped down from his coveted place as Program Director of again in 2014. At the time, he was already doing double responsibility as an on-air expertise and mentioned he needed to depart the put up to take part within the hip hop station’s forthcoming actuality TV collection on VH1. The collection, “This Is Hot 97,” was short-lived, however in 2019 he was appointed Apple music‘s international editorial head of hip hop and R&B.

As for the way forward for “Ebro in the Morning,” an X put up on Friday (Dec. 13) from @TheELRShow inspired folks to subscribe to their YouTube channel.