Years after a radio ban was made against Trae Tha Truth in his hometown of Houston, he’s turned to the courts yet again.
“We trying to get that ban lifted,” Trae told HipHopDX last week. “You know [they] gonna try to manipulate it, but it’s time to move forward.”
According to a press release, Trae filed the lawsuit against Urban One, Inc., Radio One of Texas II, LLC and program manager Terri Thomas on January 17, 2018.
In the lawsuit, he alleges “gross negligence, defamation, and tortious interference with prospective relations by an on-going ban against Trae Tha Truth from all things Urban One/Radio One.”
Trae’s previous case against Radio One was dismissed in 2010.
The radio ban instituted by 97.9 The Box against Trae began almost a decade ago following a shooting at Trae Day in 2009. Eight people were shot during the violent incident, which took place as the day’s festivities came to a close.
Trae then made a diss on wax against a former host on Houston’s The Box after an intense interview about the Trae Day shooting. In a 2010 interview with Angela Yee, Trae alleged the radio host suggested he was partially responsible for the shooting. From there, the ban against veteran MC was birthed.
“They banned my music, Trae said during his interview with Yee. “They shooting out texts and emails [saying] not to play my music. Don’t play no remixes of me. Don’t say my name.”
Despite past controversy, Trae Day has provided aid and assistance to the residents of Houston since its creation in 2008. Most recently, Trae helped in organizing a Hurricane Harvey relief fund following last year’s devastating natural disaster.
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Pretty fucked up that this stupid ban is still around after all this time, especially considering all the charity and work Trae has done for that city. Damn.
Doesn’t Trae have a key to the city?? Yet they won’t even play his music.. the fuck
fuck the radio bra lol..put that radio promo money towards a youtube ad campaign. i feel him though.
The ban is ridiculous, and unnecessary. When someone already has their mind made up about you, all they have to do is wait for an opportunity. You playing all this bs on the radio, but won’t play trae. Maybe I’m wrong, but weren’t people being shot in houston long before trae came along. Trae is one of the most authentic and versatile mc’s Ive ever heard, so get out y’all damn feelings. That diss must have struck a nerve, and must have had some truth to it. People should just ban they ass and see how they like it.
Sad when you ban good rappers and allow the garbage they call rappers today
They need to let that go after all the good deeds he has provided the city of Houston
They have fired their DJs for playing his music at outside events. The girls who started the mess doesn’t even work there anymore. It’s tragic