{"id":267407,"date":"2026-04-26T20:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/267407\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:18:25","slug":"monaleo-honored-with-holiday-by-the-city-of-houston-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/267407\/","title":{"rendered":"Monaleo honored with holiday by the city of Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rapper, whose name is Leondra Roshawn Caldwell, was given a holiday in her name as part of her 25th birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2025\/10\/02\/how-monaleo-is-reclaiming-the-crown-of-the-black-american-princess\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Monaleo;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Monaleo<\/a> rang in her 25th birthday with an honor from her home city of Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, Houston City Councilmember Edward Pollard presented the \u201cPutting Ya Dine\u201d rapper with a proclamation, marking April 24 as Leondra Roshawn Caldwell Day, or Monaleo Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhile widely recognized for her impact in hip hop, she continues to use her platform to uplift others\u2014advocating for mental health awareness and bringing attention to the maternal mortality crisis,\u201d Pollard wrote in social media post. \u201cWe celebrate her talent, her voice, and her commitment to making a difference in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monaelo shared the moment with her fans<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXh_r_4EcQw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:in a video;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> in a video<\/a>, calling the day \u201cPimpcess Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Through a rising rap career, the birth of her son in 2023, and her <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2025\/10\/02\/how-monaleo-is-reclaiming-the-crown-of-the-black-american-princess\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:all-pink wedding;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">all-pink wedding<\/a> with fellow rapper Stunna4Vegas, Monaleo has been keeping up the momentum despite real setbacks. Just two months ago, the \u201cSexy Soulann\u201d rapper was on a run with her \u201cWho Did The Body\u201d tour when everything came to a halt due to a health scare involving a large cyst in her abdomen. She ultimately had to cancel the remainder of the tour dates, saying in a statement, \u201cI hate that this is how it has to end for now. But my health has to and always will come first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She has also continued to speak about her health scare, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2026\/04\/17\/black-maternal-health-week-young-mothers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:revealing earlier this month;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">revealing earlier this month<\/a> that she had to advocate for herself when doctors tried to send her home even though she was in extreme pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Post tour, she\u2019s been outside posting up with fellow Houstonian Beyonc\u00e9 at a C\u00e9cred event and teasing a new freestyle, \u201cya listenin,\u201d where she raps over the beat used by Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony on \u201cTha Crossroads.\u201d Now with a cosign from the city of Houston, it looks like Big Leo is moving onward and upward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More must-reads:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rapper, whose name is Leondra Roshawn Caldwell, was given a holiday in her name as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[99761,3766,40621,99759,99760,56,79167,58,57,99758],"class_list":["post-267407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-25th-birthday-celebration","tag-city-of-houston","tag-edward-pollard","tag-elyse-jankowski","tag-grammy-celebration","tag-houston","tag-houston-city","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-leondra-roshawn-caldwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}