The Kid Mero: The Rolling Stone Interview

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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For the past month, The Kid Mero has stepped into the morning-show chair at Hot 97, taking over one of New York City’s most influential microphones following the departure of longtime host Ebro Darden. In a wide-ranging conversation with Rolling Stone’s Jeff Ihaza, Mero talks about the weight of becoming a daily voice for the city, fatherhood, and why terrestrial radio feels like a natural next chapter in his evolution. It’s a candid look at bridging digital and legacy culture – and creating moments for the version of himself who was listening years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Rolling Stone interview podcast.
0:03.0	I'm Jeffrey Haza, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone.
0:05.0	We sat down with the Kid Miro, the writer and podcaster who recently became the newest host of Hot 97's iconic morning show.
0:13.0	We spoke about New York politics, hip-hop, fatherhood, and more.
0:16.0	You can watch the full conversation on Rolling Stone's YouTube channel and Spotify video or listen wherever
0:21.1	you get your podcast please enjoy hi I'm Jeffie Haza senior editor at Rolling Stone and I'm
0:26.6	here with the kid Miro writer comedian and producer and the newest hosts of the
0:31.4	Hot 97 Morning Show so my guy how are you doing New York is tapping up you know
0:35.9	I'm saying yo this that that was a radio voice right there.
0:38.3	Oh, yeah.
0:39.3	Yeah, I've been told.
0:40.3	Very smooth and sensual. So yeah, you've been on, you've been off like two weeks now, or this is your third week. Yeah, going on week three now, like settling in, you know? What's the vibes there lately? Well, great, you know what I mean? Like great vibes, like everybody's calling in, like,
0:52.3	yo, you're doing your thing, we're so happy for you.
0:54.3	We're proud of you, bro.
0:55.3	You know what I'm saying?
0:56.3	You son of the Bronx, you know what I mean? Like great vibes. Like everybody's calling in like, yo, you're doing your thing. We're so happy for you.
0:54.5	Yo, we're proud of you, bro.
0:55.5	You know what I'm saying?
0:56.5	You son of the Bronx.
0:57.5	You know what I mean?
0:58.5	Like used to be sitting in the back of the car, smoking blunt to this.
1:01.5	Now I'm the host of it, you know?
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