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title: Texas is Lit! Showcase Highlights Eclectic Group of Young Emcees
description: DJ Screw helped  craft a Texas hip-hop legacy that catipulted local acts like Lil Flip, Paul Wall and Chamillionaire to national chart toppers. The impact of his iconic chopped & screwed style still
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# [Texas is Lit! Showcase Highlights Eclectic Group of Young Emcees](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/texas-is-lit-showcase-highlights-eclectic-group-of-young-emcees)

 Written by [Jerel Marshall](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/jerel-marshall) | Oct 7

ellmatik for A3C Media Services

DJ Screw helped  craft a Texas hip-hop legacy that catipulted local acts like Lil Flip, Paul Wall and Chamillionaire to national chart toppers. The impact of his iconic chopped & screwed style still permeates through the rap and R&B tracks of today. Contemporaries of the late great DJ Screw, OG Ron C and DJ Michael "5000 Watts" are still working hard to keep the Texas hip-hop scene alive. This Wednesday the duo curated a show highlighting fresh talent.  

 

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Houston bred rapper Chucky Trill showcased his boastful brand of "cinematic trap music."
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> I got a story to tell. I paint pictures with my words. And I have fun doing what I do. I'm new to the rap game. And I'm ready to take the industry by storm for real. 

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> South India born, Houston raised Raj the Rapper lit up the stage with his energetic raps. 
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> > I'm definitely one of a kind in the since that I was born in South India and raised in Houston Texas. I rap, I sing, I play music. I'm really immersed in it. And I feel like I have to represent my people.

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Chicago duo Mother Nature used their music to drop gems about "Black Girl Genius."
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> We create. It's very hip-hop. Very grounded in old school hip-hop. We do a lot of stuff that is self affirmations for black folks and black women and people who are trying to gain freedom and gain peace.

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