New York Summer Jam Gets Southern Rappers, No Jay-Z, Kanye Or Lil Wayne

New York Summer Jam Gets Southern Rappers, No Jay-Z, Kanye Or Lil Wayne

As hip-hop rites of passage go, the annual Summer Jam, hosted by the New York radio station Hot 97, is ostensibly an event of genre-wide significance, but really it's an opportunity for local boosterism. Summer Jam is supposed to be a reminder not just of the importance of New York hip-hop but also of New York as vital turf where outsiders come to prove themselves.

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