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Wesley Eric Weston Jr. [1] [2] (born 3 March 1981), [1] better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper.Raised in Houston, Texas, he began his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before signing with the local record label Suckafree Records in 1999.
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In the early 1990s, a new type of music began gaining popularity in Houston, collectively called "Chopped and screwed", which was pioneered by DJ Screw. [1] The sound was created from a turntable technique in which Screw slowed down the tempo and torqued with parts of hip-hop anthems, giving them a new hypnotic & mesmerizing sound which he believed also made the lyrics easier to understand.
Houston rapper BeatKing has died after a pulmonary embolism. The rapper, who also went by the name Club Godzilla, was known for the songs 'Then Leave' and 'THICK.' BeatKing, the Houston rapper ...
Houston rapper Justin Riley, better known by his stage names Beatking and Club Godzilla, has died. He was 39. Riley shot to international fame in 2020 when the Beatking single “Then Leave ...
Rapper BeatKing aka Club Godzilla was known for the 2010 viral single "Crush" and 2022's "Thick" with DJ Chose. BeatKing, 'Thick' rapper and Houston native, dies from pulmonary embolism at 39 Skip ...
Z-Ro was born Joseph Wayne McVey IV in Houston's South Park neighborhood on January 19, 1977. [5] When he was six, his mother died, and he was shuttled from household to household in search of stability, eventually settling in the Ridgemont area, a middle-class neighborhood in Southwest Houston near the suburb of Missouri City. [5]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39.