About The Madd Hatta Morning Show

From 5am to 10am weekdays on 97.9 the Box in Houston, Texas, The Madd Hatta Morning Show is a full-service hip-hop morning show.

Hip Hop music, trending topics, games, bits, entertainment news and parodies are all featured weekdays from 5-10am.
The main players include: The Madd Hatta (Host), J-Mac (Freestyle King), Jimbo (News, Goofy stuff), Kooper (Producer) and Young Jas (Entertainment News).

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Talk show host, author, political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist Tavis Smiley was in town last week promoting the release of his new book, Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success From Failure. Tavis talked with the Madd Hatta Morning show to discuss the new book where he dishes on his failures and how they […]

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Former Geto Boy Willie D surprised the Madd Hatta Morning Show today by calling in from prison. We talked about how he is doing, will his sentence be reduced, the Final Four, and what he is reading.

Houstonian Ami Miller has been repping for all the female rappers on BET’s 106 and Park Freestyle Friday for the last year! After several close battles she was brought back as a Wild Card! Ami called into the Madd Hatta Morning Show to talk about her experience and her Dolla Not a Dime Mixtape!

P. Diddy called in to the Madd Hatta Morning Show to announce his May 12th show at Warehouse Live, being named Forbes #1 Hip Hop Mogul and partying with Charlie Sheen. Listen to the interview on the other side!

Houston couple Hollywood Al and Kat are competing for their dream wedding on VH1’s Wedding Wars! They called into the Madd Hatta Morning Show and talked about how they met, the behind the scenes action on the show and more!

Ne-yo’s new movie Battle: Los Angeles is in theatres today! Ne-yo call in to talk about his role, the Snooki Rolling Stone Cover Controversy, Fatherhood and his new album.

Former Roc star Actor Charles S. Dutton joined the Madd Hatta Morning Show to share his inspirational story, From Jail to Yale, a stageplay which sheds light on him being in and out of prison from ages 12-26. There he discovered his passion for acting while doing plays in prison talent shows and drama groups. […]

Comedian Eddie Griffin’s released a new DVD ‘You Can Tell Em I Said It’ this week! He called the Madd Hatta Morning Show and talked about why he quit his reality show, his past due bills and his new DVD!

Bun B called into the Madd Hatta Morning Show on 97.9 The Box before teaching his first day of Spirituality and Hip Hop at Rice University today! Hear his plan for the 1st day, what he hopes to accomplish teaching the course and what he wants the students to call him!

DJ Rob G of 97.9 The Box KBXX Madd Hatta Morning Show and Dallas Cowboy fan gets a surprise visit from America’s Team, 3 X SuperBowl Champion and Wide Receiver Hall of Famer Michael ‘The Playmaker’ Irvin!!! Michael Irvin claims that the Dallas Cowboys will win the Dallas vs. Texan’s game calling Houston Texans the […]

CNN’s Soledad O’brien came to Houston for a special screening of “Black in America 3: Almighty Debt” at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Soledad explained why she decided to discuss debt, lessons from Katie Couric and becoming an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.