Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we’ll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. We’ll incorporate the number five in there somewhere.

On what can only be described as a Twitter break down, Soulja Boy went off about “crackers” and people not knowing “who the fu*k he really is” late last night on Twitter. What set him off was a tweet ...

In real life, the ozone layer above the Earth s surface is depleting at a rate so fast scientists agonize that the gradual rise in temperature will eventually upset the planet s natural processes.

Southern rap magazine Ozone hustled its way into the awards show game last year, presenting a program as musically satisfying and gossip-fueling as its informative and edgy printed pages. It was ...

The Ozone Awards and Tastemaker’s Only Conference are moving out of Florida for the first time in it’s three year history. Organizers Julia Beverly, publisher of Ozone Magazine, and Thomas “TJ” ...

Considered one of the pioneers of Southern hip-hop, Pimp C's legacy continues to live on thanks to people like Julia Beverly, publisher and editor-in-chief of Ozone Magazine, who has penned the late ...

We speak with Julia Beverly about the history of Ozone magazine and her new book, Sweet Jones: Pimp C’s Trill Life Story. Later we speak with multi-talented musician , pianist, composer, lyricist Kev ...