Ebook: Hip Hop in Houston

Rap-A-Lot Records, U.G.K. (Pimp C and Bun B),Paul Wall, Beyoncé, Chamillionaire and Scarface are all names synonymous withcontemporary hip-hop. And they have one thing in common: Houston. Long beforethe country came to know the chopped and screwed style of rap from the BayouCity in the late 1990s, hip-hop in Houston grew steadily and produced some ofthe most prolific independent artists in the industry. With early roots in jazz,blues, R&B and zydeco, Houston hip-hop evolved not only as a musical formbut also as a cultural movement. Join Maco L. Faniel as he uncovers the earlyyears of Houston hip-hop from the music to the culture it inspired.