Key Takeaways:

• Drake dropped an axe emoji beneath a publish about “Ebro in the Morning” ending.
• Ebro Darden responded by calling Drake “right wing” and criticizing the station’s motives.
• The change highlights ongoing friction between Drake and ’s once-longtime hosts.

Last Friday (Dec. 12), Ebro Darden revealed that his present was cancelled, and whereas loads of folks have been upset that “Ebro in the Morning” presumably received’t be on the air anymore, Drake positively wasn’t certainly one of them.

Under a video of Darden explaining why the present was ending — posted by Toronto-based outlet @keep6ixsolid — Drake dropped an axe emoji within the feedback. On Sunday (Dec. 14) afternoon, the radio character responded by accusing the “Hotline Bling” artist of standing on the appropriate (or, in different phrases, being a conservative): “Drake is ‘right wing.’”

Per music/a/treyalston/ebro-darden-theorizes-why-his-hot-97-show-was-canceled”>Complex, Darden recommended that minimize him as a result of they wished his “s**t talking, anti-Netanyahu, anti-government, progressive s**t out the way” He additionally claimed that the house owners “don’t give a f**k about hip hop or Black music,” and are merely centered on elevating cash.

“They give a f**k about access,” Darden mentioned. “They give a f**k about going with their little nerdy friends to the concerts because that helps them raise money. They’ve been trying to get to me for years, bro.”

Obviously, Darden has given some fairly sizzling takes since “Ebro in the Morning” first started airing. Fans would possibly particularly bear in mind him saying Tinashe has a “ghetto-a** name,” or telling Lil Uzi Vert that the then-mumble rappers of their technology can be “struggling” as soon as they hit 27 or 28.

Understandably, some listeners have been ready for Darden’s downfall, although he’s delivered some legendary interviews with artists like Vince Staples, Lil Yachty, Chris Brown and Tyler, The Creator, to call just a few.

When it involves Drake, particularly, the Canadian hitmaker and Darden have been at odds for a long time. In 2023, throughout Apple music’s “Rap Life Review,” the radio host argued that Drizzy has by no means had “anything to say about anything going on in society with Black folks or anything other than himself.”