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Paul Wall

Jersey Village, TX

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Region: Upper Gulf Coast / Houston Area Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #7

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Did You Know

  • • Paul Wall started his career selling custom grills before rapping.
  • • He co-founded Swishahouse Records, a Houston hip-hop powerhouse.
  • • His 2005 album, "The People's Champ," hit #1 on Billboard's Top 200.
  • • Wall's "Sittin' Sidewayz" anthem popularized Houston's slab car culture.
  • • He earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
  • • Chamillionaire and Paul Wall were a duo before solo stardom.
  • • He collaborated with Kanye West on the remix of "Drive Slow."
  • • Wall's rhymes often showcase Houston slang and local landmarks.
  • • He owns and operates Paul Wall's Grillz in Houston.
  • • He helped solidify the 'chopped and screwed' sound's mainstream appeal.

Locations in Lyrics

106 location references across 28 songs

Songs & Places

Swangin’ In the Rain (Remix)
Houston, TX Louisiana Gulf Coast, LA
"Still swangin' in the rain / It's tradition where we from they might not understand it / My first love was the slab"
They Don’t Know
Texas texas gulf coast, TX Houston, TX Port Arthur, TX Prairie View, TX
"Texas is the home of the players and pimps"
They Don’t Know (Remix)
Texas texas gulf coast, TX Port Arthur, TX Houston, TX Prairie View, TX
"Texas is the home of the players and pimps"
Freestyle
Houston, TX Jackson, MS West Columbia, TX US-Mexico Border, TX Grand Canyon Village, AZ
"I done swung from Echo Heights to Jackson State"
My Money Gets Jealous
Los Angeles, CA Texas Las Vegas, NV Louisiana Houston, TX
"Watts, Madd Hatta and Cat had her"
The Other Day
Detroit, MI Chicago, IL Tallahassee, FL
"Foreigns, Lacs Are Crawling"
I’m Throwed
Houston, TX California San Antonio, TX Chicago, IL
"It's the H-Town baby and you know what it is"
Gettin Tho’d
Los Angeles, CA
"KCAL9, all my homies with the news"
N Luv Wit My Money
Detroit, MI
"Broke up with my foreign car and fell in love with a Cadillac"
Break ’Em Off
Houston, TX Boston, MA New York City, NY
"Chasin' paper in the mornin', call me Houston Chronicle"
Sippin’ Tha Barre
Houston, TX Texas texas gulf coast, TX New York City, NY Denver, CO East Rutherford, NJ
"Come on over to Houston, Texas - welcome to the Swisha House"
Covered in Ice
Houston, TX east texas Bay City, TX texas gulf coast, TX Texas tea, TX
"Antoine to Gulf Bank, yeah, I'm a bank-head"
Drive Slow
Houston, TX
Swangin’ in the Rain
Houston, TX Harris County, TX
"Pop trunk on a cop, fourth Ward where they found 'em"
Internet Going Nutz
Houston, TX Dallas, TX Denton, TX
"I'm on that 59 Southlea, baby, holler at me"
Sittin’ Sidewayz
Houston, TX Detroit, MI
"Swishahouse / Big Pokey and Paul Wall, baby / It's the People's Champ"
Sittin' Sidewayz
Houston, TX
Crumble The Satellite
Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Denver, CO
"And these Johnny Dang diamonds, they ain’t come from Zales"
grillz
Houston, TX
Bizzy Body
Baton Rouge, LA Texas California
"Baton Rouge to Texas nigga....baleeve dat"
BK Flow
Houston, TX Alaska Avery Island, LA New York City, NY Fort Knox, KY Galveston Seawall, TX Galveston, TX
"Acers homes is my hood"
Thinkin’ Thoed
Houston, TX Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY
"I'm thinking about buying my own Astrodome"
still tippin'
Houston, TX
Love with a Smile
Texas Conroe, TX
"I'm a Texas boy, out here chasin' my callin'"
All Type of Ways
I-10
"On I-10, on twenty twins"
Slow (feat. Den Thomas)
Houston, TX
"Left on Post Oak, head to the Clark"
Something for Sale
Dallas, TX Houston, TX US-Mexico Border
"I got the cars movin' slow on Ledbetter and Polk"
Take Notes
Pasadena, TX Katy, TX
"Knocking down the ladies from Pasadena to Katy"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 10 36 US Route 90 9 Interstate 45 8 U.S. Route 59 9 Brazos River 42

Connected Places

Jersey Village, TX Baton Rouge, LA Boston, MA Dallas, TX DeSoto, TX Denton, TX Denver, CO Fort Knox, KY Galveston, TX Houston, TX Jackson, MS La Porte, TX New York City, NY Prairie View, TX West Columbia, TX
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