![]() ![]() Solo records from Geto Boys members Scarface, Willie D, Bushwick Bill, and Big Mike also found glory in the early 1990s.Īround the same time, Port Arthur, TX natives UGK (initially signed to Houston’s Big Tyme Records) and Memphis natives 8Ball & MJG (originally signed to Houston’s Suave House Records) also garnered attention for the city. From 1989 to approximately 1996, the Rap-A-Lot label was able to keep the attention on Houston with success of other local acts like the Convicts, Ganksta N.I.P., Big Mello, the 5th Ward Boyz, and Trinity Garden Cartel. However, it was the success of the Geto Boys’ 1991 hit “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” that put Houston on the map. Houston first gained prominence with Rap-A-Lot Records and its premier group the Geto Boys, whose claim to fame was raw tales of the inner city with their 1989 sophomore LP Grip It! On That Other Level. While Houston’s 30-year-plus hip-hop history has been admired and utilized by many of today’s favorite artists - including Jay Z, A$AP Rocky and Drake - mainstream attention on Houston has come in fits and starts since the late 1980s. H-Town - home of the Geto Boys, Scarface, UGK, DJ Screw, Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, and even Beyoncé - has become an epicenter of hip-hop culture. The average rap fan imagines Houston as a land of slab drivin’, screw jammin’ music heads, but the city’s hip-hop culture goes deeper than rap.
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