{"id":421555,"date":"2026-08-31T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421555\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:00:08","slug":"houston-hosts-second-annual-beatking-day-with-city-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421555\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Hosts Second-Annual Beatking Day With City Proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second year in a row, Houston observed BeatKing Day over the weekend, to honor the life and music of late rapper-producer Justin “BeatKing” Riley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday (August 29), event organizers across Houston marked the occasion with observances and celebrations dedicated to the \u201cScared\u201d<\/a> artist.<\/p>\n

The proclamation itself dates to August 29, 2024, when it was presented at BeatKing’s Celebration of Life at the Bayou City Event Center. UGK<\/a> rapper Bun B<\/a> delivered the city’s declaration on stage, where BeatKing’s daughters Jayla and Kayla, affectionately known as \u201cThing 1\u201d and \u201cThing 2\u201d accepted the document in their father’s honor.<\/p>\n

That ceremony drew a wide circle of influential Houston music figures, including Swishahouse’s DJ Michael Watts, DJ J-Que, radio host Kiotti Brown, DJ Csharp, and artist Mon’ro. Black balloons were released, and BeatKing’s urn, his plaque for “Then Leave,” and a pair of his sneakers were displayed at the service.<\/p>\n

BeatKing died on August 15, 2024, from a pulmonary embolism<\/a> at age 39. He had released his final album, Never Leave Houston on a Sunday, just weeks before his passing. His catalog spans 20 projects, including a six-volume “Club God” series, and features RIAA-certified hits including the Platinum “Thick” with DJ Chose and the Gold “Then Leave” with Queendome Come, which went viral on TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second year in a row, Houston observed BeatKing Day over the weekend, to honor the life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-421555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421555","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=421555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}