Miss Info

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Minya Oh, known by the stage name Miss Info, is a radio presenter.

Formerly a writer and reporter for BET, Miss Info is currently an on-air radio personality at the New York hip hop and R&B station Hot 97. She is also a journalist who has worked for the notable hip hop industry publication The Source. Oh was a Music Lifestyles editor at Vibe Magazine (where she presently pens the monthly advice column "Ask Miss Info"), Rolling Stone, and a former Managing Editor for XXL. She has appeared as a popular culture pundit on the weekly VH1 program, Best Week Ever.

Miss Info first did her Hot 97 "Celebrity Gossip" reports back in 2003 after becoming an on-air member of the morning crew. She joined MTV host and anchor, Sway Calloway, who temporarily took over spot vacated by the recently departed Star & Buc Wild. In addition to giving her reports, Oh opines on current issues and events in the hip hop community.

A native of South Side Chicago, Miss Info currently resides in East Harlem. She is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Oh is a graduate of the Columbia University.

[edit] Miss Info's Return

Miss Info eventually returned to the airwaves on April 30, 2005, with her own weekend morning show that airs from 8am to midday. Meanwhile, from Monday to Thursday nights between 7 and 9 pm, she does three segments of her "Celebrity Gossip" reports during Funkmaster Flex's show. In all cases, she characteristically includes her opinions and wit during these entertainment reports.

In August 2005, Miss Info's book centering on hip-hop fashion was published. The title Bling Bling: Hip Hop's Crown Jewels (ISBN 1-932958-02-9), featured interviews with artists who gave their take on the importance of "bling" (diamonds/jewelry) to their craft.

She now also plays a role on the Tim Westwood hip hop show in the UK doing her celebrity gossip once on the Tuesday night show and twice on the 3 hour show on Saturdays, on the national radio station, BBC Radio 1.

Miss Info makes a cameo appearance in Snacky Chan's music video for "Lonely Road", released in early 2006, and has a skit on Ghostface Killah's album, More Fish (2007)

She now has a short radio program on Hot 97 called Celebrtiy Gossip at the beginning of every hour.