Meet The First Finalists For 97.9 The Box’s ‘I Am The Dream’ Contest

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We’ve narrowed it down to our first 12 finalists for the I Am The Dream contest where the winner will take home $5,000, the second prize winner will win $3,500 and third place will receive $1,500.

Congratulations to our first batch of finalists in Martina Marie, PA The Writer, D. Nash, Yella Fella, Imanii Monroe, H-Town Turk, Devante, Steve Staples, Frank Lee, 100 Vibes, Dwan Burden, and Carpe D! The winner will be revealed on February 7th, 2020.

We still have room for more finalists and submissions are still open until January 30 at midnight! Peep 11 of the first 12 finalists below (and click on PA The Writer’s name) to check out his freestyle!

1. D. Nash

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#iamthedream979 @justinthelawyer @mcdonalds @979thebox #iamthedream979 ....🔥🔥 or 💩💩 @jred_plussize_model made me do it🦾🤓🚀

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2. H-Town Turk

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#iamthedream979 @hardbodykiotti @979thebox @justinthelawyer @mcdonalds #htown #mlk #challenge #martinlutherkingjr #history #thegoat #thebest #thegreatest #whoomp #smoke #hiphopgod #kaws Hail Martin Luther King I just had a Martin Luther dream Everybody eating getting cream/1 Regardless of your ethnic background No matter how bad it sounds Everybody it's a Martin Luther Team/2 If only he could stream Or maybe throw a couple good meme's Then maybe people would really get to see/3 All the good knowledge for college I'm just here paying my homage Because without him I reallly wouldn't have a dream /4 How hard could it be? Network with cha neighbor lil patnah I done messed around and came up couple G's/5 The time you spend hating on the next man Could be your next plan but you so filled with jealousy/6 King say black and white babies playing hopscotch on the sidewalk is something that he wanna see/7 well we done surpassed that brown kids that are half black white kids that are half black lil homie that dream /8 Focus on your green, never be suppressed in this world, homie always stay loyal to your queen/9 If you know what I mean, if you don't, cool left right left right like a jar head marine/10 It ain't all what it seems, Htown Turk on the scene, tell em what they need to hear and I'm mean/11 I ain't tripping give me 3500 on the cool for this contest Yotti and I'll leave WHOOMP/

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3. Devante

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King.....TAG @@979thebox #INDIGOKLAN #indigosaturdays #iamthedream979 #devantehunter #omitTHElogic #february #HIPHOP #houston #undergroundrap #martinlutherking #music #dream #themarathoncontinues #RIPFRANK #iamthedream @mcdonalds @ontharadar @ijustgothit @justinthelawyer @979thebox @hardbodykiotti

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4. Steve Staples

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@hardbodykiotti @979thebox @justinthelawyer #iamthedream979 #stevestaples #staplesstateofmind #salootentertainmentllc #salootgang

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5. Frank Lee

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#Iamthedream979 @hardbodykiotti @979thebox @Justinthelawyer @mcdonalds #SHARE

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6. Carpe D

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IZ UP! #IAmTheDream979 challenge y’all tell me what you think and go tag 1 of these 5 pages in the comments! @ijustgothit @justinthelawyer @979thebox @ontharadar @mcdonalds LEGGO! #ihadadream #mlk #forthepoeple #wethepeople #equal #carpelivin #explorepage

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Meet The First 12 Finalists For The ‘I Am The Dream’ Contest