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Slim Thug taps two other Houston stalwarts for his new single.

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Z-Ro doesn’t leave much to interpretation. His songs are almost always tragically or hilariously to the point, and often both. On his latest album Melting The Crown, the Houston underdog balances the ups and down with the help of a new instrument-forward production team. The new r...

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Z-Ro teams up with Rick Ross for "Keep It Real." The Houston native drops the single for his upcoming project Melting The Crown Away, which is distributed via One Deep Entertainment. No word yet when Melting The Crown Away drops as of now but hopefully it does soon. “Keep It...

Maybe the emptiness you're feeling inside is caused by your lack of codeine. It's not an issue for Z-Ro. On "Empty Cup," from his newest mixtape The Unmixed Mixtape, the Houston rapper makes it known that you'll never catch him with an empty cup. Joi...

Daz supports his upcoming release Weed Money with the new single, "Real Wit'cha" featuring Texas staple Z-Ro. Weed Money drops April 22. Check out the song and the album's track list, below. 1. The Set Up N’tro 2. 448 Gramz 3. What...

Years back, there was a commercial for toys called Micro Machines, and the announcer talked so fast that you couldn’t catch a single word that he said. Maybe that was his shtick, and he was actually telling everyone the cars were so small that you could choke on them if you accidentally ate one (Who would do that though?). Th...

There's no sense in fighting it any longer—Drake has, is and will continue to dominate rap, and we're going to have to openly accept it. And as he showed us earlier this week with his 2 Chainz- and Big Sean-assisted new single, his peers have accepted it too, as their verses on Drake's single got them more attention than anything they've put out as of late (no shots at "Feds Watching").

XXL 2013 Freshman Kirko Bangz links with Texas royalty Z-Ro, Slim Thug & Paul Wall to drop his hot new single, "Cup Up Top Down" off his upcoming mixtape, Progression III. On this slow-rolling banger, Kirko and the gang discuss the pleasures of that certain purple prescription medication. You ...

Is Houston in the house? Without a doubt. H-Town OGs Bun B, Z-Ro, Scarface, Willie D, Slim Thug and Lil Keke hop on Beyonce's syrupy single, "I Been On."

This week sports new album releases from number of independent hip-hop albums releases, including New York duo the Doppelgangaz's Hark and Houston veteran Z-Ro's latest EP Tripolar.  On the singles front, Yelawolf reconnected with "1 Train" partner A$AP Rocky and Big Henry for "Gangster" off his impending Trunk Muzik Returns, while newcomers Dizzy Wright and Joey Bada$$ link u