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Who is Ebro Darden? Radio host accused of shading Saweetie over PTSD claim, Internet feels he was 'mad pressy'

Saweetie revealed that she had PTSD after her sit-down with Ebro Darden as he dubbed her freestyle as 'basic'

Saweetie is one of the flawless emcees when it comes to freestyling and this raw talent is something that only a handful of artists can pull-off. The ‘Icy Grl’ hitmaker had exhibited the same skills when she free-styled on the Hot 97 show in front of hosts Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez in 2018.

Addressing the same in her recent Cosmopolitan cover story, she revealed that she had PTSD after her sit-down with Ebro Darden as he dubbed her freestyle as “basic” adding that she needs to do more to impress him. After Saweetie’s remarks broke the Internet, Ebro Darden soon took to Twitter and posted a series of tweets that seemingly aim at the female emcee.
 
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‘It was a really dark point in my life’

Talking about her 2018 Hot 97 freestyle in her most recent cover story for Cosmopolitan, Saweetie asserted, “It was a really dark point in my life. I went from being so loved so quickly because of ‘Icy Grl’ to, on my first promo run, well, you saw the interview. The script flipped really quick, like night and day. I was like, Wait…. .” She then added, “I had PTSD from that.”

The 27-year-old rapper continued, “Because ‘Icy Grl’ was so popular, I was being booked at huge festivals. I was literally thrown into it.” She then went on to reveal how she learned from her mistakes, “I’m really grateful for my start. Because the mistakes, the struggle, the grind—it allows me to appreciate the rewards that come now because I know what it feels like to sleep in motels, to drive and do promo, to be stressed out.” 

Who is Ebro Darden?

Ibrahim “Ebro” Darden is a renowned media personality and is famous for hosting a radio show on Hot 97. He is usually seen on the show with Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez where they interview different artists on a regular basis. Ebro kick-started his career in radio in 1990 at KSFM in Sacramento, California. He later worked at KBMB in Sacramento as Programming and Music Director, as well as an afternoon host. He joined Hot 97 in the year 2003 and by 2007 he was named as  Program Director for the station. He left the station after a few years but only to come back in 2012. In addition to his current role, Darden is now one of three anchor DJs on Beats 1, an Internet radio service from Apple Music.

Did Ebro Darden really shade Saweetie?

According to the website of Hot 97, the 46-year-old radio host addressed the current controversy by posting a comment on the Instagram post of The Neighborhood Talk’s page saying that he was happy for Saweetie’s success but he will always keep it real. “You want to rap and it’s just ‘cool,’ we gone tell you. So happy for her success, but that doesn’t mean we can be dishonest about freestyles….love Saweetie though.” 

Ebro Darden also took to Twitter where posted a series of tweets that were apparently aimed at Saweetie. In the first tweet, he said, “Please don’t confuse your lyrical ability with actually being musical or sounding appealing on a song.  Thanks.” In another, he shared, “Some vocalists know how to record and sound great on record.  That is their talent.” One user asked if they will change the format of Hot 97 to which he replied, “No we just play fast food music…we know what most people want stop it.” Darden then must be facing a lot of heat from the Internet as he then shared that his tweet is aligned with some other topic. “I hate when that happens... Im just tweeting listening to music and having discussions, then boom! My tweet is aligned with some other bulls**t I ain’t even know happened. Damn.”

‘Y’all coming at Ebro knowing Saweetie music trash’

Saweetie’s recent interview and Ebro Darden’s apparent shading at the rapper soon got the Internet talking. One user extended support to the emcee and said, “Saweetie freestyled to hot 97 and Ebro killed her on the spot...all three them laughed in her face .... All the success she has now I laugh everytime she wins because they really trashed her so badly  smh.” Another said, “Ew Ebro was doing a little too much on Saweetie in that interview.. mad pressy and judgey.”

One user asked, “Why Ebro coming for Saweetie?” whereas, one posted, “It ain’t just Ebro that gave saweetie criticism some of her own fans I seen do it with some of her singles.” The next one said, “Man why they bringing up that freestyle Saweetie did on Ebro show. literally over here in tears.” One user slammed Saweetie and added, “Now y’all coming at Ebro knowing saweetie music trash.”