An Interview With the Kid Mero, the New Best Hope of Hot 97

Billboard

Sitting in a waiting room between a signed, billboard-sized photo of Jay-Z posted up on the Williamsburg Bridge and piles of Funk Flex memorabilia, I hear a snort laugh, followed by a high-pitched “Yooooo” that I’d recognize anywhere. The Kid Mero, the new host of Hot 97’s morning show, is live on air with his co-hosts—Shani Kulture, Miabelle, Kazeem Famuyide, and DJ Kast One—recapping the Grammys and discussing if Kendrick Lamar’s win for Best Rap Album makes him the greatest rapper of all

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