Every September, when the Raiders kick off Week 2, Qiant “Your Boy Q” Myers turns his broadcast into a tribute to his late son. Myers, who hosts Raider Nation Radio and serves as program director of the Las Vegas Sports Network, has spent years using his platform to keep his son Qimonni's memory alive on the airwaves.
According to KTNV, Myers began sharing Qimonni's story over the airwaves in 2021, and he shares it specifically on his son's birthday, September 19. Qimonni died in a car accident in 2020, and per the station's report, Myers and his son were unable to say goodbye. The station reports that Qimonni was trying to become a rapper and was a Raiders fan himself, and that Myers was working in Texas at the time while Qimonni lived in California with his mother.
Why Week 2 Carries Extra Weight
Myers has taken to calling the Raiders' Week 2 matchup “Qimonni's Game,” according to the same account, saying his son's birthday is special and that he wants to honor him by attaching his name to it. This year, that game lands on Sunday, when the Raiders visit the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium at 1:05 p.m., a matchup confirmed by the Las Vegas Raiders' own scheduling information.
Myers has said he feels obligated to tell Qimonni's story so his son would be proud, per KTNV's reporting. Listeners have responded to that openness over the years, the station notes, offering him words of encouragement and even gifting him customized shirts and jerseys. Some listeners have told Myers that hearing about Qimonni motivated them to reach out to their own sons.
A Bay Area Kid Who Built a Career In Sports Radio
Myers's own path to the broadcast booth started far from Las Vegas. “Born in raised in the Bay Area, I have always been a Raiders fan,” he wrote in a bio posted on Locked On Podcasts, describing a fandom that predates his broadcasting career by years. He moved to Central Texas in 2010 for a job at a music station, according to that same bio, before joining ESPN Radio in Central Texas in 2012.
Myers has also worked on hip-hop radio stations in Central California before shifting into sports broadcasting, according to his biography on ESPN Press Room, which also notes he began contributing part time to ESPN in December 2021. It was during the 2017 season that David Locke approached him about hosting the Locked On Raiders Podcast, Myers has said, a role that eventually led him to Las Vegas, where he now lives and serves as the Las Vegas Sports Network's program director while also hosting Raider Nation Radio.
The 2020 Crash That Changed Everything
Qimonni Myers, 20, of Modesto, was identified as the person killed in a single-vehicle crash near Keyes in January 2020, according to the Turlock Journal. He was driving a 2003 Honda southbound on Highway 99 with four passengers when the vehicle crashed, the outlet reported at the time, citing the California Highway Patrol's account that the collision killed one person and injured four others. A separate report from the Modesto Bee stated that the 20-year-old driver lost control of the Honda during the high-speed crash.
Six years later, that loss still shapes how Myers approaches the second week of every NFL season. For Raiders fans tuning into Sunday's game against the Chargers at SoFi Stadium, Myers's broadcast will carry more than just play-by-play — it will carry the name of a son he continues to honor on the air, one Week 2 at a time.
