A Country-Fried Croonography

March, 2006

Houston is hip-hop's newest boomtown. With local heroes Mike Jones. Paul Wall and Slim Thug catapulting to gold and platinum success in 2005. Houston grabbed the spotlight from Atlanta, the Dirty South's previous hot spot. But the city is no Johnny-come-lately to the hip-hop landscape. "Man. Houston's always been hot," says Jones. "It just took some time for y'all to notice us." The third coast got its start more than a decade ago. In 1991 the Geto Boys scored a hit with &quo...