Houston radio personality Brandi Garcia has been fired, reportedly for playin a song featuring Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth.
KBXX 97.9 “The Box,” the radio station for which Garcia worked, banned Trae’s music after a 2009 festival for at-risk young people, hosted by Trae, was marred by individuals open-firing on the crowd and wounding six people.
The incident, which took place at Texas Southern University, was one year removed from a tribute to Trae’s work in the community, where Mayor Bill White and City Council Member Pete Brown declared an honorary “Trae Day” in Houston.
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Later, an on-air argument between Trae and KBXX’s DJ Nnete Inyagumia about who was responsible for the violence ensued. Trae’s music was banned thereafter. The rapper responded by announcing he was suing KBXX and Radio One for blackballing him aand his associates, and sabotaging his career.
After Garcia played Waka Flocka Flame song “O Let’s Do It,” which features Trae Tha Truth, at a concert at the Arena Theater, the radio personality was reportedly fired. “I went in the office the next day and they told me I was fired for playing that song,” explained Garcia. “It may be legal, but it’s unethical. It’s a shame this has gotten this far, that a personal problem can effect somebody’s career that they have worked so hard for for 14 years. But don’t think for one minute I am out of the game.”
