Ebro Darden, Director of Programming for New York's Hot 97 and KISS-FM, was one of the people who spearheaded Lil Wayne's New York concert on July 22, 2007 — after which he was arrested on the attempted gun possession charges that are sending him to jail today. Darden, a veteran of radio for over 20 years, said he and his staff urged Wayne and his entourage to not to travel to the Beacon Theater on their tour bus.