Mercedes Howard, known on air as Ya Girl Cedes, is a radio personality and podcast host whose Colorado career includes KQKS-FM (KS107.5) and 104.7 The Drop.
Colorado radio career
Howard grew up in a broadcasting family and came to Denver at age twenty-one. She became one of the comparatively few African-American women at the time to host her own program on a major-market hip-hop station, taking over nights at KS107.5 in 2010. She later moved into the station’s morning program before leaving in 2018.
Howard subsequently joined The Drop, Colorado public media’s R&B and hip-hop service.
Podcast work
Howard created and hosts The Black Millennial Mom, a program centered on parenting, culture and the experiences of Black millennial mothers.
Sources
- The Drop — Ya Girl Cedes biography
- RAMP — Cedes and Chonz leave KS107.5
- The Black Millennial Mom podcast
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