Is rap the best soundtrack for running? Atlanta’s Gunna thinks so. The “Pushin P” rapper brought his Wun World Tour concert to Houston on December 10, along with a race. Named the “Wunna Run Club 5K,” the event took place hours before the concert and offered a medal, exclusive T-shirt, running towel, and race bib for the $75 registration fee. Why the obsession with fitness? The rapper explained that his fitness journey began while incarcerated during the YSL Records racketeering trial. Gunna, also known as Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, was released from prison in December 2022 and has gone all in on his physical health.

Gunna isn’t the only celebrity touching down in Houston. Former NFL player-turned-actor/comedian Marshawn Lynch came to the H for his own “one-night show,” trying his hand at classical music. Houston Symphony principal pops conductor Steven Reineke gave the former “Beast Mode” running back a crash course in conducting, and Lynch took up the baton (or, as he called it, “that little Harry Potter stick”). Lynch led the orchestra during its rendition of the Thursday Night Football theme song. Musicians then played several songs for Lynch, including “Swan Lake” and “Flight of the Valkyries,” and then let Lynch try out several instruments. The Bottoms star isn’t the first to learn from Reineke; other famous mentees include the Muppets cast and Kendrick Lamar.

Local restaurateur Ronnie Killen was hit with news of an alleged murder that occurred at his Heights restaurant. The twist? The victim was a stuffed monkey. A curious TikToker unveiled the “murder,” posting a video of a crudely drawn poster stapled to a telephone pole across the street from the eatery. “KILLEN’S KILLED MY SON LEROY IN MAY 2025,” read the sign, sending alarms across the internet. According to Killen, the issue began around six months ago when a woman was seen putting up missing-person posters for Leroy, the stuffed monkey. Things escalated when the woman vandalized the restaurant, writing “LEROY DIED HERE” in purple lipstick and spray paint. Lucky for fans, the “slaying” wasn’t real, but Killen’s team has dealt with some gnarly consequences, including TikTok backlash.

Houston is well known as a strip club city, thanks to superstars like NBA player James Harden and rappers like Drake, who are known to ball out for the dancers. Now, one local hospitality group is living up to that reputation in a different way. Eric Langan and Bradley Chhay, two major leaders at Houston-based hospitality group RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc., stepped down with little notice earlier this month. President and CEO Langan and Chhay, the CFO of RCI, which owns and operates local outposts of the “breastaurant” Bombshells and several nightclubs nationwide, didn’t provide much information about the departures. Earlier this year, both were charged with bribery in New York City: In September, an indictment accused the duo and three other RCI executives of providing a former New York tax auditor with 13 complimentary multiday trips to Florida. Court documents note that the auditor was allegedly also given up to $5,000 per day for private dances at RCI’s strip clubs in Florida. Attorneys for Langan, Chhay, and RCI representatives have denied the allegations, and the case continues.