The trillest of O.G’s Bun B has been keeping himself busy lately. The UGK veteran-in between bustin a two-step in Solange‘s “Lovers In The Parking…

  Singer Solange may not be the most popular member out of the Knowles clan, but she damn sure is the coolest. In her funky…

  The past week hasn’t been the easiest for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper. He stuck his foot all the way down his own…

  With the NBA draft come and gone teams have been making aggressive moves to improve their rosters via trades and free agency. One name…

VIA The Box Houston The homie Bun B just came through 97.9 The Box studios  to drop off  Beyonce’s “I Been On” remix featuring Bun, and some of…

20 years ago Bun B &  the late Pimp C, known together as UGK, released their first full-length album, “Too Hard To Swallow.” Since the release…

I was a big UGK fan. I caught on kind of late though. I didn’t really get hip to UGK till 1996, they’d been out since 1992. It was the summer my best friend graduated & we both had our lil cars we souped up with boom box sound systems. We were in a small […]

Mike Posner gained fame through his work with Big Sean while attending Duke University. Last year saw the release of Posner’s debut album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff, featuring the hit single, “Cooler Than Me.” Currently recording tracks for his new album with Pharrell Williams, Mike drops a song from his forthcoming mixtape, The Layover. Houston MC, Bun B […]

The concert of the summer took place last night July 25 at the Highline Ballroom. Young Jeezy celebrated the sixth anniversary of his Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 album. Young Jeezy delivered a great concert, performing several of his street anthems. Jay-Z was on deck for the “Go Crazy (Remix),” Kanye West helped Young […]

Over the weekend, Big Pun aficionados hit the streets and rallied to rename the Bronx, NY intersection of 163rd Street and Rogets Place as Big Pun Place. The spot, which houses the iconic Pun memorial painted by the TATS Cru, needs some petition signatures to have a shot at becoming official, but it got us […]

Rapper Bun B was in the studio with The Madd Hatta Morning Show to talk about his 3rd album released yesterday...

97.9 The Box’s Hip Hop 4 HIV Concert went down Saturday! Over 16,000 people got tested to get these tickets! The event was a huge success and we are happy to know so many teens and young adults now know their status! Performers were Plies, Bun B, Paul Wall, Z-Ro, Party Boyz, Just Brittany, Dallas Blocker and Papa Reu!