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The film explored the story behind the shooting in front of New York's Hot 97 which landed Lil' Kim in prison.
Damion was also dispatched to Power's sister station Hot 97 in New York in an effort to “smooth out” relations between the station and several artists and record companies in the wake of the infamous February 2001, shootout between the entourages of rappers Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown in front of the station’s front offices.
He would soon catch the attention of DJ Spynfo, a premier NY radio host at WQHT and together with the help of some of New York's most talented young DJs such as DJ Sparkx and DJ Spider, would go on to form the supergroup "The College Club Kings," a network of popular DJs that reach over a million college listeners a year.
The duo also starred in the 1993 film Who's the Man? Dré teamed up with Lover in the early 1990s to co-host a morning radio show during the re-launch of radio station Hot 97 (WQHT) in New York City.
WQHT-FM provoked a controversy in January 2005, a month after the Asian tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, by playing the Tsunami song entitled "USA for Indonesia", a parody sung to the 1985 tune "We Are the World." Listeners, politicians and civil rights groups protested in front of the station.
WQHT, a radio station (97.1 FM) licensed to New York, New York
The track was reportedly the first roots reggae song to be added to the influential Hot 97 playlist.
Jay-Z made the first public overtures toward a conflict at New York hip hop station Hot 97's Summer Jam concert in 2001.
After Los Angeles pop station Power 106 played the record, it received airplay from several more stations throughout the country including Hot 97 in New York.
The album's outro contains part of the on-air confrontation between Loon and 40 Cal on Miss Jones' show on Hot 97, concerning the shovel incident.