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Every year, XXL releases their Freshman list, touting 10 rappers aimed to break through in the year’s to come. Noted names to be named XXL Freshman? How about J.Cole, Wale, Meek Mill, YG, Chance The Rapper, ScHoolboy Q, Travis Scott, Kirko Bangz, Future and Kendrick Lamar to name a few. The 2018 list is no different, highlighting acts who broke through from SoundCloud obscurity to national […]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj0yy-CAKRd/?taken-by=979thebox Travis Scott made his first Jordan release a memorable one. For the first ever Jordan activation in the city, Scott pulled off a full-blown carnival type event with Frenchy’s Chicken, Shipley Do-Nuts, games and even a basketball tournament. Hell, even Sir Isaac managed to jump over Kiotti and dunk. Folks even got custom 97.9 The Box T-shirts. But […]

Opera singer Neal E. Boyd and winner of “America’s Got Talent” Season 3, died in Sikeston, Miss., on Sunday. He was 42 years old. According to USA Today, Scott County Coroner Scott Amick says Boyd had a number of medical problems, including heart failure, kidney failure and liver problems. Plus, he was seriously injured in a […]

Actor Jackson Odell was found unresponsive at a home in Tarzana, California on Friday and the cause of his death is currently being investigated. “He will always be a shining light and a brilliant, loving and talented soul,” Odell’s famly said Sunday on Twitter. “He had so much more to share. Our family will always […]

Nicki Minaj and Future are going on tour together! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj45GP6hCZR/?utm_source=ig_embed Early Monday, Nicki Minaj and Future announced their joint NICKIHNDRXX Tour, which will kick off in September, running through the end of November, across North America before heading to Europe in 2019. Unfortunately, Indy is not one of the stops on the tour but they are […]

Social media star Clarence White is best known for his where over 1.5 million followers but he is also business man with his clothing company Designed By White, which combines streetwear with high fashion. Plus, his ClarenceNYC TV YouTube channel boasts to over 1.2 million subscribers and while he is Indy, we sat down with Mr. White […]

Daniel Caesar gives a simple yet moving performance at Stone Soul 2018.

Plies had what the crowd need at Stone Soul 2018. See him rock the audience!