Jus Kno Mac, born Justin Mackey, was a Houston hip-hop artist and songwriter whose recording history, collaborations and live performances document his place within the city’s independent rap community. His work connected him with artists including Boleggz, Mr 1000, K-Rino, Bez Da Belief, Killa D and others active within Houston’s grassroots music scene.
His documented recording credits include appearances on Boleggz’s I Am U. Among them are “Hustle (Remix)”, alongside Bez Da Belief, and “Trouble Man,” featuring K-Rino. Mackey also appeared with Pootsy Lee on Mr 1000’s “Ridin’ Solo.” These recordings place his story within a network of Houston artists whose careers developed through independent albums, studios, local performances and direct artist-to-artist collaboration.
The relationship with Dammit Boy Productions extended beyond live-event documentation. Mackey recorded “Been So Long,” produced by DJ Dahn Dahlas, at the Dammit Boy Studio, providing a direct recording connection to DBP and its Houston-era studio history.
That relationship also carried onto the stage. DBP preserved footage of him performing through its Roc-D-Mic archive, including a documented appearance at Club Yakum on January 2, 2015. The surviving footage provides another piece of the historical record surrounding his activity within Houston’s independent hip-hop community.
Rather than representing a single appearance or isolated collaboration, the surviving recordings and video material show connections across several parts of the local scene: studio sessions, independent releases, collaborative records and live showcases.
The artists connected to Mackey’s documented catalog represent several branches of Houston independent hip-hop. His work with Boleggz and Mr 1000 connects his recording history to artists extensively represented within the DBP archive, while the K-Rino collaboration provides another documented connection within Houston rap.
DBP continues researching this history so that individual songs, performances and relationships can be connected to their original releases and events rather than presented without context. Information that has not been independently documented or confirmed firsthand is kept separate from the established record.
Jus Kno Mac is remembered through his recordings, performances and relationships within Houston hip-hop. His surviving work represents the kind of independent music history that was often built outside major-label systems—through local studios, artist collaborations, mixtapes, albums, showcases and community relationships.
Dammit Boy Productions preserves its original footage and historical material as part of the DBP Hip-Hop Archive. This memorial profile will continue to grow as additional recordings, photographs, performances and firsthand accounts are identified and verified.
DBP Hip-Hop Archive Notice: This page is maintained as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the artists, performances, events and cultural history documented through Dammit Boy Productions’ original recordings, footage and archives.
