Matt Sonzala

Trae Tha Truth Stands Up for Artists & Launches lawsuit Against Houston Radio Station

Trae the Truth deserves major props for doing what far too many rappers won't do. He was willing to stand up and smash on a local radio station that decided to ban his music over some petty nonsense. He filed a lawsuit against Radio One's KBXX the Box in Houston.

An Open Letter 97.9 FM The Box-Don't Ban Trae the Truth

First we have to give props to Matt Sonzala for doing what so many in his position don't do speak up for the artist in his area and step to an institution that could potentially be a future employer. Matt as well as being the man who heads up the Hip Hop potion of SXSW is first and foremost a radio cat... So while many remain silent, he at least is willing to speak up and call crap, crap..

SXSW is Coming-We Interview Hip Hop Director Matt Sonzala

Matt Sonzala is a long time fixture in the Texas Hip Hop scene. He started off doing a popular radio show in Houston on our sister station KPFT called Damage Control. Him and co-host Zin who now does SOS Radio were key in granting many of Houston’s now big time stars from Paul Wall to Bun B to Chamillionaire crucial exposure when many were overlooking music coming from Texas...