James “Ed Lover” Roberts started in hip hop as one of the original hosts of Yo! Mtv Raps! on MTV, internationalizing and establishing the now iconic genre of music known as hip-hop around the globe. In 1993 Ed Lover along with his partner and friend Doctor Dre dived into morning radio becoming the FIRST all hip-hop morning show on the ground breaking all hip-hop FM station HOT 97 in New York City. The morning show reigned supreme there for several years often beating the infamous Howard Stern morning show in the ratings.