Houston is home to the Slab car customization trend, which involves adding unique and flamboyant style to older model cars. Exotic, one of a kind, and luxurious vehicles have long been one of the most popular symbols of wealth and success in the hip hop community, and celebrity culture in general. The top rappers in Houston, Texas are as well known for their rides as they are for their rhymes.
1) Paul Wall
Paul Wall is well known for his eye-catching style, most notably his silver grills and collection of flamboyant cars. The Houston rapper’s love of iced out accessories extends from his teeth to his vehicles, now that Wall has created his own line of car grilles and rims decked out in chrome and cubic zirconium. Paul Wall proudly displays his own custom grille and rims on his dark silver 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. The sleek SUV is surprisingly tasteful, utilizing an upscale leather interior and understated diamond stitched panels. The pride of Paul Wall’s collection, however, is not the iced out Tahoe but his classic 1976 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, which is styled in true Houston Slab fashion with a deep cherry red lacquer and plenty of chrome.
2) Chamillionaire
Another top Houston rapper with a car right out of the dreams of Slab enthusiasts everywhere is Chamillionaire, who’s Plymouth Fury gets nearly as much attention as his music.
Chamillonaire’s 1967 high-shine burgundy Plymouth Fury convertible captures the classic luxury of the model and the chrome-heavy styling of the hip hop car community in Texas. It shouldn't come as a shock to anyone that Chamillonaire, known for his love of cars and his entrepreneurial hustle, became a major investor in the Houston car dealership and customization shop Fly Rydes, which specializes in creating the one of a kind customization that set the city’s car scene apart from the rest of the country.
3) Slim Thug
The problem with a car every can immediately recognize is that it can bring a barrage of attention from fans, and critics, once it’s well known to whom the eye-catching ride belongs. Houston hip hop star Slim Thug, also known as Boss Hogg, learned that lesson the hard way when he decided to show off his new car, an all-chrome Chevrolet SS Camaro convertible, on several social media sites. The rapper knew his bright and shiny new metallic ride would turn heads, but didn't realize the amount of continual attention he would get once the people of Houston realized who it was driving the futuristic looking car. Word to the wise celebrity, if you want to drive around town undisturbed do not post pictures of your one of a kind car online.
The hip hop community in Houston, Texas is all about beats, rhymes, ice and custom Slab rides. Houston rap icons like Chamillionaire and Paul Wall bring the flash and luxury of the culture to their tricked out rides, inspiring others to customize their own low-riding classic vehicles.
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