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This is a list of rappers from Houston. 5th Ward Boyz; 5th Ward Juvenilez; ABN; Ameer Vann; Baby Bash; Big Hawk; Big Mello; Big Mike; Big Moe; Big Pokey; Boss Hogg ...
Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) was an American hip hop group originally formed in Houston, Texas. They saw commercial success in the 1990s with the lineup consisting of Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D. The group became best known for their 1991 single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me", which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot ...
Codeine. Chopped and screwed (also called screwed and chopped or slowed and throwed) is a music genre and technique of remixing music that involves slowing down the tempo and DJing. It was developed in the Houston hip hop scene in the early 1990s by DJ Screw. The screwed technique involves slowing the tempo of a song down to 60 and 70 quarter ...
Hip hop artist Z-Ro from Houston, Texas. In the late 1980s, the Geto Boys were Houston's first hip hop group to gain mainstream popularity. In the early 1990s, Texas groups such as Nemesis, PKO, and UGK (from Dallas, San Antonio, and Port Arthur respectively) also gained popularity.
Def Jam. Formerly of. Geto Boys. Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and record producer best known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas. [ 2] Raised in the city's South Acres (Crestmont Park) neighborhood, [ 3] he has been ranked by The Source ...
This is a list of notable rappers and hip hop musicians murdered since 1987. Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to ...
Houston rappers Paul Wall, Lil O, Yungstar, Trae the Truth, Slim Thug and Lil' Keke attended a memorial service for Big Pokey over the weekend. Houston hip-hop community celebrates the life of Big ...
Houston, Texas. Rap-A-Lot is a hip hop record label co-founded by James Prince and Cliff Blodget [ 2][ 3][ 4] in 1986. [ 5] Smoke-a-Lot Records is a subsidiary. Rap-A-Lot was first distributed by A&M Records with the release of Raheem's 1988 debut The Vigilante. [ 6] The label was distributed through the 1990s by EMI 's Priority Records (1991 ...