Nosaprise

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018 · documented 2006–2014

Nosaprise are a Houston hip-hop act that Free Press Houston listings followed from the late 2000s, noting a new album in 2008 and, in 2014, songs from their release Book of the Dead with “the dope rhymes and inventive style of Houston’s Nosaprise.” The archive holds their appearances at Westheimer Block Party in 2006 and 2007 and at Free Press Summer Fest in 2011. The paper also placed them on mixed bills with punk and ska acts and alongside touring old-school hip-hop acts.

Biography sources (1)

No Reward: The Best of The Week · Free Press Houston Archive (held article) · accessed 2026-09-24

External sources are cited for reference only and are not Free Press Houston holdings or affiliates.

Printed schedule for Free Press Summer Fest 2011, an event Nosaprise played — Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2011, an edition the act played. 2011 stage guide, published on the festival lineup page alongside a PDF. Free Press Houston Archive holding.

4 appearances documented on Free Press Houston bills. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018

Houston provenance: “The dope rhymes and inventive style of Houston’s Nosaprise will drop songs from their latest, “Book of The Dead.” Houston’s DJ Baby Roo will get things started with doors at 8:00 and a measly $8.00 cover for the all ages affair.”
No Reward: The Best of The Week, David Garrick · 2014-09-17
Genre (as described): Hip-hop
Evidence: 17 archive articles name the act · 1 by David Garrick · 1 bill in the Fitzgerald’s show registry
Confidence: medium

Local booking provenance

Westheimer Block Party 2006, 2007
Local booking: Omar Afra
Free Press Summer Fest 2011
Local booking: Omar Afra and Jagi Katial

Organizer provenance supplied to the archive by Omar Afra; not independent third-party verification.

Registry acts on the same bills and pages

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Other held flyers, posters and schedules

Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006
Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006
Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006
Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006
Westheimer Block Party, spring 2006
Westheimer Block Party, spring 2006
Westheimer Block Party, spring 2006
Westheimer Block Party, fall 2007

Appearances

Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006

Westheimer Block Party

Venue: Helios, La Strada, Mango’s and Numbers, Westheimer at Taft
Date: 2006-11-04
Stage: Mango’s — outside
Set time: 5:00–5:30
Evidence: Lineup row held for Westheimer Block Party, fall 2006, source wbp-2006-fall-program.

Westheimer Block Party, spring 2006

Westheimer Block Party

Venue: Westheimer between Yoakum and Taft — Black Widow Pub, Helios, Mango’s, La Strada and Numbers
Date: 2006-04-29
Stage: Inside Mango’s (403 Westheimer)
Set time: 4:00–4:30
Billing: Planned April 29 lineup
Evidence: Lineup row held for Westheimer Block Party, spring 2006, source wbp-2006-spring-program.

Westheimer Block Party, fall 2007

Westheimer Block Party

Venue: 300–500 block of Westheimer
Date: 2007
Stage: —
Set time: —
Evidence: Lineup row held for Westheimer Block Party, fall 2007, source wbp-2007-performer-list.

Free Press Summer Fest 2011

Free Press Summer Fest

Venue: Eleanor Tinsley Park, Buffalo Bayou
Date: 2011
Stage: —
Set time: —
Evidence: Lineup row held for Free Press Summer Fest 2011, source fpsf-dev-2014-previous-lineups.

Related Free Press Houston coverage

Archive articles that name Nosaprise. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.

Adjacent records

Muhammadali Organ Failure Full register