Z-Ro On How He Squashed His Beef With Slim Thug, Being Homeless While Signed + Freestyles [Video]

Straight out of Houston Z Ro came up with the likes of DJ Screw, Pimp C, Bun B and Slim Thug while keeping the city on lock. Joining Sway in the Morning to speak on his new album “Drankin’ & Drivin’” which hits stores July 15th, he keeps it all the way real while breaking down life in the H. Starting things off by saying the city of Houston is not united like it used to be, Z Ro lists some ways that could re-unite the city he loves. While he’s reached out to some he explains that there are certain people who don’t want to be contacted and others that are fine with things the way they are. A part of the legendary Screwed Up Clique, Z Ro fills Sway in on how DJ Scew’s legacy is being upheld as he shares advice that Screw gave him over the years. While talking through Houston and Screw’s sound he praises Drake and other artists for paying homage to the patented sound of his hometown. With the city divided Z Ro opens up about beef and disagreements he’s had over the years. Being very candid on his definition of beef he talks about squashing things with Slim Thug. He explains that as the leader of the North part of Houston that the city wouldn’t survive if him and Slim Thug, the leader of the south continued things. He admits off the top that Slim was the bigger man in the situation

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Mr. Green & A-F-R-O Talk EP With Marco Polo, “A-F-R-O Polo” [Video]

DJ and producer Mr. Green joined us at Rap Is Outta Control with up-and-coming emcee A-F-R-O from California. Green and A-F-R-O have been touring together and Green has been continuing his Live From The Streets series. He recently filmed six episodes of Live From The Streets, presented by Mountain Dew’s Courtside Collection. The most recent episode (video below) includes Green in Atlanta, sampling sounds from basketball courts and barbecues, only to turn it into an instrumental for artist Nick Grant to rap over. A-F-R-O is preparing to release his first official project, an EP with producer Marco Polo called A-F-R-O Polo.

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