Artist Spotlight
Artists that are newly added into rotation and currently play on our station.
October’s very own is lighting the candles today. Make sure you tune in @9am to check out the mix. BTW wanna see my top 5 Drizzy songs?
I have clearly never been on the set of a music video before, much less, be in one, but I swear this was one of the best experiences of my life!!! Long hours and grimy conditions were a part of the process, but I swear when you see the finished product of a great project […]
Hip-hop singer Nate Dogg, who along with Snoop Dogg and Warren G is credited with crafting the blend of singing and rapping now known as G-funk, has died. He was 41.
Aaron Beltran is easy to miss. Whisper thin with a buzzcut and dressed drably in a brown hoodie and jeans, his appearance is unassuming despite his chosen line of work, which tends to breed ostentatiousness. As Preemo, a phenomenally talented rapper who became a crucial player in the city’s underground scene last year, he becomes […]
“What Yo Name Iz” by 21 year old PV student Kirko Bangz is one of the most requested songs on 97.9 The Box! Kirko Bangz stopped by the Madd Hatta Morning Show to explain his rap name, the back story on “What Yo Name Iz,” musical influences and will he finish school!!! Check out the […]
Friday, Houston's own Just Brittany stopped by the studios to discuss whats been up since she has become the newest recording artist to sign with Cash Money records.
She was a girl from the barrio whose voice won her a Grammy, sold millions of albums, and turned her into a sensation unlike any other. And when she was murdered, on March 31, 1995, Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez seemed to take with her the aspirations of fans across the globe. Yet fifteen years […]
For many, March 31, 1995, was the day Tejano music died, along with its biggest star, Grammy Award-winner Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Selena was shot in a Corpus Christi motel room, only to collapse in the lobby, in a confrontation with Yolanda Saldivar of San Antonio, her fan club president, San Antonio TV station KSAT reported. “It’s […]
(Courtesy of Frequency Magazine) Sometimes it pays to be different. Hailing from Atlanta, GA, a city known for its outcasts, B.O.B. aka Bobby Ray is truly out of the ordinary. At just 21 years old, the rapper has become a breath of fresh air in Atlanta’s snap and trap obsessed scene. He scored a deal […]
“When I saw the way music made me feel…it was magic. I realized that I wanted to have that type of control over people. I thought, ‘I want to be able to do that.’” Singer, Songwriter, Producer, and all around musician, 24 yr. old Dallas Blocker, although born in Dallas, was raised in Houston’s Northside […]
