End of an Era: G-Man Breaks Silence on Shocking Departure from 97.9 The Box

You may or may not have heard, a lot of people have sent me some DMs, snaps, messages, smoke signals asking me, you know, where the hell I've been. Well, we've parted ways after 25 years and they've been the best 25 years of my life professionally and I couldn't have done it without you. You know, it wasn't my choice. It was a business decision. It was a decision that they made that i cannot be mad at man i spent uh loyally 25 years to them and in return they let me live a life that me and my family could have only have dreamt of and the man is here himself G-Man from 97.9 and he's moved on a class act glad to have you here on the so obviously uh we all come to that point in our lives where we have to transition and do something else when we talk about this transition was this something that you guys decided mutually what uh well you know they uh they asked me um and obviously it was a business decision it wasn't my choice um and i can respect that you know um so it was nothing that i did personally or anything like that but 25 years is a long time i did you know that you know i i can only be grateful for the opportunity they gave me, so I hold my head up, and I think I did some great things there, and I'm proud of what I've done. And what's next for you? What's your next move? I think I want to take some time off for a little bit. You know, I've been working hard. I've been at the box 25 years. I think the most I've taken was a week off, a vacation at a time. Before that, it was... How many weeks you want off, G-Man? Well, no, I'm saying I've only taken like a week off at a time. I've never taken more than that. Right, right. So, you know, right now... I only do three days, and that's it. Yeah, I like the Fridays and Mondays, you know, and have the weekends. Right, spread it out. But, you know, I think I want to take some time. I got a new grandbaby, baby Rowan. Congratulations. Yeah, I'm a pop-pop now. So, taking time and spending it with him, my family, and just kind of assess my options. There's some things on the table. But it's something that I'm looking forward to is spending some quality time. And many of us in the broadcast industry work under contracts. So, is your contract over what? I still have time on it. So obviously they're they're they're honoring that. So I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to relax for a little bit. There's some options on the table for me right now. But, man, I've been doing this for a while and I'm just I'm ready to take a little small break before I get right back into it. So, yeah, sometimes you just have to take a breather because you're talking about a quarter of a century. It sounds like a long time, but I got nothing but love and respect for 97.9 The Box and Radio One, man. It gave me an opportunity of a lifetime. You know, they got this, you know, this Mexican kid and said, hey, man, you want you to come join the team? So it was very unexpected at the time, but very appreciative. And I can I can only thank them for everything they've done for me. And of course, you have to think about the fans who have supported you for 25 years as well. and one of the important things in closure is saying goodbye that was the hard part because i really wanted to do that on the air and uh you know i tried to get that trying to make that work uh we couldn't get it to work uh and it's okay yeah i did put out a statement on my social media as you saw um and then when you hit me up about coming on here i mean i really want to address the uh the listeners 25 years is a long time and uh for those that are watching i just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to be on your car radios at home at work and it's been nothing but an absolute honor to uh to do that here in the city of Houston city that i grew up in you know and listen to a station that i grew up listening to uh so i have nothing but great things to say about that and the listeners are ones that made it happen and i got to thank them from the bottom of my heart truly because they are the ones that you know make this thing go. And we have some listeners. Let's play it. Yo, what's up, G-Man? This is Trillo G. I'm gonna be repping UGK for life, man. Look, I just wanted to congratulate you, man. What a story career, my brother. 25 years. 25 years, man. Most of us don't get two or five years, you know what I'm saying? But salute to you, brother, for 25 years of amazing entertainment. Hats off and salute to you, my brother, man. Keep it real, baby. Hey, G-Man, what it do with your boy, Big Slim? Check this out man congrats on 25 years man you had to die for h town on 97.9 the box man we appreciate the years of service man all the love all that you showed the real one appreciate you my brother happy 25 years hey g man i want to thank you for your 25 years that you gave to us being on the radio on 97.9 the box it played a great deal in my career man hey and whatever you do next just don't freestyle okay i got you man nah but much love man from the clover g's h town bingo and exotic pop the savoy and high water man we thank you for everything you've done for us you can do that just don't freestyle it's willie d y'all g man 25 years of service anywhere is a big deal but in radio that's monumental i want you to know that your impact goes beyond the airwaves I'm wishing you continued success and bigger opportunities in your next chapter. Salute. All right. And, of course, really quick, Willie D sent this cake and these balloons. Oh, wow. So that's from Willie D, y'all. Oh, man. So congratulations, and we want to wish you the best, sir. And, of course, we have a cake for you. So we wanted to give you the flowers and all of that. That is incredible. And we have one minute, right, Sonora? Willie D. Okay. man this is uh this is a blessing man thank y'all that's a surprise i mean that's the most i think i've ever gotten uh ever other than my family you know our cake and willie d's balloons he wanted to make sure you received that we could have got those people in here but it was kind of last oh no man i thank you again for all your service on the radio thank you man an incredible job yeah it's not done yet but uh like i said i'm gonna take some time off and and we'll see where it goes from there so listeners thank you so much man i love you guys from the bottom of my heart man this is uh an incredible run all right and follow him on social media and you can stay keep tabs on where he's going next we'll be back with more factor in just a moment