In My Humble Opinion

This week's episode features Mo City MC Jay-Von.  He recently released an EP, King's Special, and is currently getting ready to release a new album.  We speak with him about his start in music, the importance of Mo City in Hip Hop, the difficulties of going from battle rapping to creating songs, and more.  

This week's episode features Richelle Gemini and AJ.  Richelle has been on the show before and has recently release "As For Me & My House" an album detailing her life as a vegan and her raising her children in the world of veganism.  The album is produced by AJ, a musician well versed in Jazz and Hip Hop.  The two talk about how the came together to create the project, Richelle'...

This week's guest is Uncle Tino.  He has been creating music since the age of 15 but has been on a short hiatus as he put the finishing touches on his latest work Colorfool.  We talk about his start in music, his experience being a trans man in Hip Hop, the creation of Colorfool, and more.  

This week's guest is Trademark Attorney Jordan Franklin.  She tells us about her journey to and through law school and what made her decide to deal with the area of trademark law.  She details her feelings of working to get into law school, succeeding, facing failing the bar, and overcoming it to start up her own firm.  She also drops a lot of gems for artists including when an arti...

This week's guest is Kellyn.  She is a jack of all trades and a self described "Swiss Army Knife" in the entertainment world.  We speak with her about how she got her start in the business, working with artists like Maxo Kream, working in the entertainment industry in Houston, and more.  

This week's guest is Lyric Michelle.  The chicago-born, Houston raised MC got her start performing poetry and then quickly branched into creating music.  Her 2016 album, Miss Direction, garnered her awards from the Houston Press, a spot performing in the pregame festivties for the Super Bowl, and the hunger to create more. She moved out to Los Angeles where she became part of a Nike camp...

This week's guest is singer/songwriter Tia Gold.  She grew up wanting to be a comedian, so her humor shines through, but quickly moved towards singing after gradually revealing her talent.  She speaks with us about her path to performing, opening up for Meg Thee Stallion, how a chance opportunity led to her Roc Nation signing, and more. 

This week's guest is singer/songwriter Lee-Lonn.  He honed his skill here in Houston singing at every open mic night he could find and blessing every rapper he knew with a hook.  He moved out to the west coast  during the pandemic and was most recently apart of the Lion King performance on clubhouse.  We speak with him about the ups and downs of the industry and life in general...

This week's guest is Fashion Dollface.  She stylist, photographer, and restaurant blogger who founded the clothing line CocoBean.  We speak with her about breaking into the fashion world while traveling between Houston and Los Angeles, her path for starting a clothing line, her couch talk series, and more.  

This week we celebrate Valentine's Day with our guests, singer/songwriter Lenora and cultural engineer Jarren Small.  The two speak with us about the release of Lenora's latest album, Girls, and how their relationship affected the creation on the album...and how the album affected their relationship. Take a listen as the two explain how they navigate their personal and business relationships...

This week's guest is DJ, Producer, Podcaster, and Hip Hop Historian Donnie Houston.  A lot has changed since the last time we spoke with him. Over the pandemic he has rebranded his show into The Donnie Houston Podcast, focusing on the history of Houston Hip Hop and filling in the gaps of the city's stories. We speak with Donnie about the growing success of the show, exposing a younger generat...

This week's guest are Lenora and Riot Muse.  Lenora returns to the show this week to talk about the creation of her new album, Girls , and brings her visual/creative director Riot Muse.  We speak with the two about how they met, the need to bring more upbeat music to R&B, how they got Janelle Monae's guitarist to appear on Girls , and more.  

This week's guest are Brandon "Pyro" Tillman and Raul "Ryu" Gonzalez.  The two make of the production duo Sound M.O.B and are responsible for a multiplatinum string of hits for artists like Meek Mill, J Cole, Kanye West, Kirko Bangz, Ty Dolla Sign, Killa Kyleon, Bun B, Big Sean, Tyga, Wale, and others.  We speak with them about how they met, what set them on the path for producing, what...

This week's guest is Propain.  He has always had an affinity for rapping but went to college to play basketball.  Listen in to find out how a chance meeting with Scarface changed his path, what made him almost stop rapping, why he feels he is entering a new phase in his career, where he feels his place is in the Houston music scene, and more. 

This week's episode features Charity Evaughn.  Charity dabbled in music in high school and college but once she discovered beat battles she really threw herself into the craft.  After winning a couple of notable competitions, including Houston's own Space City Beat Battle, Charity relocated to Atlanta and worked with notable artists like Cyhi the Prince.  She has worked on music wit...

This week's guest is Hoodstar Chantz.  He was a northside mainstay in 2010 but then he took a step back from everything to regain focus.  We talk to him about what made him take a break with music, what made him decide to come back, his father, the legendary DJ Lonnie Mac, rebuilding relationships in the music industry, and more.   www.hoodstarchantz.com Instagram: @hoodstarchantz

This week's guest is CEO and founder of L.O.U.D Musik and manager Derrick McKinney.  We catch up with Derrick on the heels of him putting on annual Loud Fest, an indie festival based here in Houston.  We speak to him about what he feels went right with the festival and what he believes could be changed to grow the annual event.  We also speak with him about his start in music, what...

This week's guest is rapper/producer Boi Dru.  We speak with him about how he is building his team and marketing during the pandemic, the projects he's put out since our last interview, and what he has planned for the future. 

This week's guest is Mo City's own Buddie Roe.  The MC has collaborated with some top Houston artists like Lil Keke, Slim Thug, Delorean, and Dougbeezy while building his catalog and establishing himself as the "Southside Basquiat".  We talk to him about making music with a message, his changing thoughts on success, and more. 

This week's guest is Derrick Banes, a marketer who started in the music and eventually used his knowledge to branch into various other industries.  He sits down with us and talks about how he has been able to navigate the various jobs as industries thrive and fall, how he balances his personal life against the entertainment world, why he believes Houston is so important, and more.

This week's guest is 5th Ward JP.  The Houston MC describes how he went from making up songs in a diner to performing on stages of clubs he'd been kicked out of to attracting the attention of The Sauce Family.  JP sits down to tell us what made him start to take music seriously, his plans for the future, how he befriended Steve Francis, and more.  Instagram: @5thwardjp20 

This week's guest is Kimmiski.  She is an educator, artist, and shoe designer who recently had the successful release of the CR8 Q20 with Nike.  We speak with Kimmiski about some of the art shows that she has put together, how she has used her skills to help teach and inspire her students, what it is like to go through the process of shoe design, how she is learning how to break into the...

This week's guest is Robert L Hodge, a mixed media/multimedia artist that has worked in Houston and abroad, who has a goal of expanding the art world here in the city.  He recently released Friendly Fire and audio and visual project with the concept of showing how "police handle the black civilian without care and military precision."  The work is based on the 2017 exhibition held by Hod...

This week's guest is none other than Jack Freeman.  He returns to the show to speak about what has happened since the last time we actually were able to sit in the studio.  Since that time Jack has been outed as a member of the illumanati in a ridiculous Larry Johnson produced documentary (THIS IS A REAL SENTENCE!!), gone on tour in Russia, is now about to release BLOOD, a new ep produce...

This week's guest is singer/song writer Lilly Aviana.  Last year she released her deeply introspective debut album, Late Bloom.  We sit down with her to talk about how she came to music, what it's like being a singer in Houston, what are her plans for the future, and more.   https://lillyaviana.com Instagram: @lillyaviana