# @rollingstone on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=BkybSA97CnI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56305148-rollingstone-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-11T04:14:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) — https://gondola.cc/RollingStone

## Caption

For the past month, The Kid Mero (@accordingtothekid) — comedian, podcast host, and writer known for his irreverent humor and distinctly New York sensibility — has hosted the morning show on @hot97, his hometown’s most influential and longstanding hip-hop radio station. Hot 97 has played an outsize role for decades in debuting new hits, anointing superstars, and wading into major cultural debates; Mero’s most recent predecessor in the morning-show role is Ebro Darden, who announced the end of his 20-plus-year tenure at the station in December. Those are big shoes to fill, but Mero has stepped into them with his customary smoothness, quickly injecting a millennial POV into the airwaves. For anyone who’s watched his career grow from mid-aughts rap blogs to podcasting, late-night television, and now radio, it’s a move that makes perfect sense.

Now, #thekidmero joins Rolling Stone's Jeff Ihaza to talk about living up to the task of being the voice of New York City, fatherhood, and why he sees terrestrial radio as a natural next step for him to “create moments” for the city, bridge digital and legacy culture, and do it all for “the Mero of 10, 15 years ago.”

## Stats

- **Views:** 3,823
- **Likes:** 100
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- **Comments:** 3

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