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While growing up in Houston's South Park -- also the home of the Geto Boys, Scarface, and 5th Ward Boyz -- Ganksta N-I-P was influenced by the rhyming skills of Ice-T and the Nation of Islam knowledge of Rakim. The former Rowdy Jones named himself Ganksta N-I-P -- NIP stands for "Nation of Islam is powerful" -- and began rapping himself, releasing his first album, South ...more


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