After waiting four years, several false starts and hundreds of panic attacks later, Frank Ocean finally released new music tonight! Too bad it isn’t that album we were promised last month, but what we all heard (and saw) tonight was pretty unusual. Thursday night fans and critics alike tuned in to a pop-up live stream on […]
Rae Sremmurd busted on the scene with hit after hit after hit in 2014. Building off the momentum of the huge success of their debut album “SremmLife” (2015) they’re ready to release the turn-up sequel that will set your Fall on fire! SremmLife 2, set to drop this Friday, will keep the party going featuring […]
Rae Sremmurd busted on the scene with hit after hit after hit in 2014. Building off the momentum of the huge success of their debut album “SremmLife” (2015) they’re ready to release the turn-up sequel that will set your Fall on fire! SremmLife 2, set to drop this Friday, will keep the party going featuring […]
Where has R&B singer Mario been? On a recent visit to Dallas for a show benefiting our troops and veterans, the 29-year-old stopped by 97.9 The Beat. Digital Correspondent Bobby Pen interviews him about his hiatus and upcoming projects to learn just how deep Mario actually is. In the on-on-one, Mario reveals that he’s been on a […]
We haven’t seen a successful girl group since the 90’s and before that the 70’s and 80’s held it down. Another familiar Houston act, Destiny’s Child, probably holds the title for Last of a Dying Breed, so father and manager of the group Matthew Knowles has jumped back in the game to see if his winning formula […]
97.9 The Beat and Boom 94.5 had the honor of joining in on the fun at yesterday’s community event at the American Airlines Center benefiting the families and friends of the slain officers in July’s Dallas Police Department sniper attack. Hundreds of Dallas’ youth came together to enjoy basketball-themed activities, free giveaways of Mavs swag […]
Last week, Nick Cannon spent some time in Dirty, Dirty Dallas and stopped by the 97.9 The Beat studios. Before he left for an event in Houston, the multi-talented business mogul and musician took a trip pass the Dallas Police Department’s headquarters where a large makeshift memorial has been constructed by supporters and citizens for […]
Fresh from leading the front line of a protest at the Republican National Convention, Nick Cannon stopped by 97.9 The Beat’s studios to drop off his latest musical efforts. New track “If I Was Your Man,” features the smooth vocals of Jeremih and serves as Cannon’s entre back into the single life. The comedian, turned […]
Almost two hours after being placed on lock down due to a threat being ‘taken seriously,’ reports of a masked man in a parking garage near the Dallas Police Department Headquarters provoked SWAT to swarm the area with their weapons drawn.
Dallas Police Cheif David Brown confirms at least 11 officers have been shot and four are dead in a press conference issued around 11 p.m. Thursday at a protest of officer-involved shootings. Brown reports that SWAT currently has a suspect cornered in the parking garage of El Centro College in downtown Dallas and are negotiating with him […]
Dallas Police Department has released an image of the suspected snipper who gunned down 10 police officers, killing three in Thursday night’s protest rally shooting. https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488