Darren is a Bronx-born writer/reporter who's dabbled in entertainment journalism for over a decade. Bylines have appeared in/on Maxim and Maxim online, AOL's The Boombox, Alternative Press, Popmatters, Star, Blender and others. His CD reviews have been published in the All-Music Guides to Rock and Hip-Hop.
Darren Ratner
10 Hilarious ‘Howard Stern Show’ Hip-Hop Interviews
Legendary shock jock and King of All Media Howard Stern may be the crass, uninhibited inventor of such memorable bits as Lesbian Dating Game, but he's also one of the greatest interviewers around. From N.W.A.'s Eazy-E to Jay-Z to Game, Stern has managed to turn out some of the best interviews in the history of hip-hop by exposing the often unseen underbellies of our favorite stars.