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August 20, 2018

Tone Royal: “Late”

By: Jack Anderson

San Antonio’s Ray Villarreal spends a good portion of his on-mic time as a sportscaster, but he also moonlights as a hip hop emcee. Onstage and in-studio Villarreal goes by Tone Royal and lyrically he jumps between relaxed and aggressive like it’s nobody’s business. Tone’s been releasing music since 2015 and he put out his latest full-length Late this past February, joining us in Studio 1A not too long afterwards.

Tone Royal’s Birthday Bash is this Saturday at Swan Dive so let’s get the festivities started early with “Late”!


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