Music
February 5, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: Reimers Ranch Park
Log off and go skip some stones over the Pedernales River.
Hip-hop
Music
July 31, 2017
AMC’s Love Affair With Texas Continues With ‘The Rap Yearbook’
Houston writer Shea Serrano's ’Rap Yearbook’ gets the docu-series treatment, produced by The Roots and Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney.
Music
September 6, 2016
Drake Is Opening A Club In Houston
Drake, Canada’s biggest Texas hip-hop fan, is putting his money where his mouth is.
Music
October 19, 2015
Straight Outta Dallas
Two decades after a tragic car accident, The D.O.C., a West Coast rap pioneer and Dallas native, made a triumphant return to the stage in his hometown.
Music
October 12, 2015
Music Monday: Shea Serrano On ‘The Rap Yearbook’ And His Houston Hip Hop Playlist
How the Houston-based writer went from ”this sounds super f—ing boring” to the author of a new book.
Music
May 7, 2015
Gangsta Rap Progenitor The D.O.C. Will Reclaim His Platinum Records From a Plano Pawn Shop
No one can do it better, including getting plaques that were stolen from him back from a pawn shop in North Texas. …
Feature
January 20, 2013
The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw
He was one of the most influential cultural figures in Texas—a generous godfather to a generation of rappers, an entrepreneur of Houston's mean streets, the master of a scene fueled by codeine cough syrup and hip-hop beats. When he overdosed in November at the age of 29, it was easy…
Music
January 20, 2013
Money in the Making
Houston’s new movers and shakers don’t hang with the Wyatts or Sakowitzes. They’re Eightball, Scarface, Lil’ Keke, and the other power players of the city’s rap music scene.
Music
January 20, 2013
It’s a Family Affair
For all her talent and poise, Beyoncé didn't become the biggest star in the world without help. And she got plenty of it from the people who know her best.
Music
April 30, 2000
Tomorrow People
Meet the senior class of what might be called Texas Music U. four up-and-coming acts that should graduate to the big time.
Popular Music
February 1, 1991
Yo, Y’all
Carrollton’s Vanilla Ice is the country’s coolest rapper, and several other Texas acts are hot on his heels.