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I’ve been rocking with Iam Justified for some years now. Whenever I need someone to vent to, he’s the one I call. I am so proud of his success and growth as an artist. I’m even more proud of the man he is. He practices what he preaches and treats everyone he comes in contact […]

I’m always looking for a good success story. I’m currently at a point in my career where I’m struggling with how to reach the next step. Daveed’s words and journey has helped me come to terms with what I need to do. He makes some valid points. See how he rose to fame below. Follow […]

By no means am I rapper. I just LOVE music. When I’m in Houston traffic, I’m often times making up songs or singing along to Broadway’s Hamilton. LOL (PS I can’t wait til it gets to Houston in April). Follow @TheAmirDiamond & @RadioNowHouston on Social Media 

I am a big fan of Broadway showtunes. I think it’s dope how Lin-Manuel Miranda has reinvented the definition for the word “musical.” He puts a hip-hop twist to it. He recently made a mixtape of artists covering songs from “Hamilton” and it is EVERYTHING. Check out the video for one of the songs from […]

If you’ve been keeping up with RadioHouston.Com, you can see how much I looooove Hamilton. This video is cool af. I’m black and it’s even hard for me to spit the words from the musical. lol Kudos to Rosie O’Donnell & James Corden. Check them out: Follow @TheAmirDiamond & @RadioNowHouston On Social Media

Fierce MC Rah Digga talks with Monie Love & Ed Lover about the shift that occurred when Lil Kim and Foxy Brown broke onto the hip hop scene; both of their lyrics were written for them by prominent rappers, and their images were was more sexed up than the female rappers before them. Rah talks […]

Atlanta artists Canon and Derek Minor put a twist on Richard Pryor’s 1985 comedy, “Brewster’s Million” for the music video for, “Over Do It,” a song off of Canon’s “Loose Canon Vol. 3″ album. The hype hip-hop song wastes no time turning up for the listener, and not only because of the beat. Canon and […]

Atlanta artists Canon and Derek Minor put a twist on Richard Pryor’s 1985 comedy, “Brewster’s Million” for the music video for, “Over Do It,” a song off of Canon’s “Loose Canon Vol. 3″ album. The hype hip-hop song wastes no time turning up for the listener, and not only because of the beat. Canon and […]

Though hip-hop is great, the same can’t be said for every song that has come out of it. In this edition of the Certified Top 5, the morning show crew takes a look at some of the worst hip-hop songs in the history of the genre. While some of them are so bad that they […]

This FOH Friday is dedicated to a whole bunch of things and people; school bus drivers, people who owe people money but are flaunting their new wardrobes, parking-spot-stealers, Krysta‘s best friend for dating a trifilin’ dude, rappers who think they’re so original, the Yeezy line, and much more! The morning show cast goes around the […]

It’s no secret that rap and hip-hop music can be filled with gun-touting and anti-police lyrics which often can lead to and entice its listeners to participate in violent crimes. However, appearing on The Trevor Noah Show on Comedy Central, rapper T.I. was hit with an impactful question regarding violence in rap lyrics, and responded in […]

September 13th, 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Tupac, after he was gunned down at a stoplight in 1996 days earlier. Each year, a variety of events, discussions, and even simply hashtags appear to honor the life of the fallen conscious rapper, and to lament the loss that hip-hop has suffered without […]