Cassius performs live at Roc-D-Mic Fridays at Club Yakum in Houston, Texas, on January 30, 2015. The performance was filmed by Dammit Boy Productions as part of DBP’s documentation of the Houston open-mic series hosted by Wickett Crickett.
This archived DBTV footage captures the live set during the January 30, 2015 edition of Roc-D-Mic Fridays. The surviving video runs approximately 9 minutes and 21 seconds and preserves the performance from the Club Yakum stage.
Club Yakum represents an important chapter in the history of Roc-D-Mic. During this period, Dammit Boy Productions was fully involved with documenting the series, with Wickett Crickett hosting and Tre Dizzle serving as DJ.
The January 30 event also produced surviving DBP performance footage featuring Tre Dizzle, Mr Kutsum, Freaki Riece, Piccadilly Boy and Cashflow, providing a broader record of that night’s lineup.
The performance was filmed on January 30, 2015 and originally published to the Dammit Boy Productions YouTube archive on February 3, 2015. It is preserved as part of DBP’s continuing documentation of Houston hip-hop performances, artists, venues and events.
Roc-D-Mic provided a recurring stage for Houston-area independent performers and became part of the live music history documented by Dammit Boy Productions. The Club Yakum recordings preserve individual sets as they happened, including the atmosphere of the venue, interaction between performers and the audience, and the format of the recurring open-mic showcase.
Rather than combining the surviving footage into a single retrospective, DBP preserves these performances as individual archive records. This allows each appearance to remain connected to its original event date, venue, host, related artists and surviving source video.
The January 30, 2015 recordings are part of a larger collection documenting multiple nights of Roc-D-Mic at Club Yakum. Other surviving performances from this date include Tre Dizzle, Mr Kutsum, Freaki Riece, Piccadilly Boy and Cashflow. Together, these recordings provide a broader view of the performers who appeared during this chapter of the series.
Dammit Boy Productions maintains the DBTV archive to preserve original performance footage, event coverage and other material captured during the company’s involvement in Houston music and entertainment. Historical videos are being cataloged with corrected dates, artist relationships, event information and original publication details so the surviving footage can be explored as part of a connected archive rather than as isolated uploads.
This performance remains connected to the larger Roc-D-Mic Fridays — Club Yakum event record, allowing the individual video to be viewed within the context of the recurring series and the other surviving performances filmed at the venue.
Explore Roc-D-Mic Fridays Club Yakum in Houston, where Dammit Boy Productions became fully involved and Tre Dizzle began DJing events hosted by Wickett Crickett.
Club Yakum
