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Check Out Veda Loca as she gives you all the details from Monday’s MLK Day Parade! Great time, Great Fans and even 50 Cent showed up!

OG Maco is back on the scene with a new hit and the lyric video you will see below will definitely keep your attention. Featuring TWRK, check out “Do What It Do.” Related: You Guessed Wrong: OG Maco Shuts Down HIV Rumors

Looks like the beef is over or at least cool. Last night at LIV Nightclub in Miami, Birdman told the crowd that everything is good with his son/artist Lil Wayne. Birdman says you can look for new music, tours and more from Cash Money and Young Money and he would “kill” for his son. The beef has […]

Ladies who love J. Cole, we have bad news. He’s a married man. During an interview at the #MLKNOW event with Creed director Ryan Coogler, the question was asked “how has marriage changed him” and he was forced to answer thus, letting the cat out of the bag. It looks like it was suppose to […]

If you follow Meek Mill on Instagram you know he was working on a new project but we didn’t know for what and when it would drop but now we know. Meek Mill is kicking off his 2016 with an EP “4/4.” Jahlil Beats, C-Sick and more handle the production of original tracks and Meek jumps on Drake […]

Super sad to report that former St. Louis Rams player Lawrence Phillips has been found dead in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison. According to the spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections. Phillips was just 40 years old. The former top pick was released from the team in 1997 due to insubordination. Phillips […]

2016 is kicking off on the wrong foot for singer Chris Brown. According to TMZ Brown is under investigating for assaulting a woman yet again. According to TMZ: The alleged victim tells us she was at a private party in Brown’s suite at the Palms Hotel in Vegas early Saturday morning. She says was able […]

NFL legend Deion Sanders and his Ex-Wife Pilar have been in the news for years over divorces, family drama, etc. The Holidays may have added to the family drama. According to Pilar’s two sons Shilo and Shedeur, the former Cowboy kicked them out on Christmas after returning home from a trip to New Orleans with their mom with […]

Chicago rapper King L was reportedly shot in his hometown on Wednesday (December 23rd). According to reports King L, better known as King Louie was shot in the head on 83rd and Pulaski on Chicago’s south side. According to his manager the rapper is walking around and responsive. King Louie was one of the first […]

Back in 2009 during his Junior season with Oklahoma State University, Dez Bryant had the opportunity to challenge a horse to a foot race. The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, at the time considered one of the top players in the country surprising kept up with the animal but we all know what happened at the […]

Join 97.9 The Beat at The Krewe Of Orleans 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Ball. An Authentic Mardi Gras experience in Dallas! January 23rd,2016 at The Fair Park Centennial Building. For all Krewe Of Orleans Mardi Gras Ball info, table reservations or to get yout tickets log onto www.kreweoforleans.com or call (469)–319-BALL or (972) – 905- 9367. Check […]