DJ Cipha Sounds got suspended indefinitely after making an on-air comment that he is HIV negative because he does not “mess with Haitian girls,” the New York Daily News reports. The controversial remarks sparked outrage from the Haitian community. Activists and government officials protested outside the radio station’s Manhattan headquarters and demanded the DJ’s resignation. The radio station released a statement that Cipha will undergo sensitivity training focused on the Haitian community and its HIV epidemic and that HOT 97 will work with the local community to increase HIV awareness.

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