When Z-Ro reached his late teens he was unemployed and resorted to drug dealing and hustling on the streets. When he was six, his mother died, and he was shuttled from household to household in search of stability, eventually settling in the Ridgemont area, a middle-class neighborhood in Southwest Houston near the suburb of Missouri City. Z-Ro was born Joseph Wayne McVey IV in Houston's South Park neighborhood on January 19, 1977. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by The New York Times in 2007. Stay tuned for much more music from her in the near future as she continues her rise to rap royalty.Joseph Wayne McVey IV (born January 19, 1977), better known by his stage names Z-Ro and the Mo City Don, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas.

With her debut album under her belt and much higher to climb, Big Jade has no plans to rest on her laurels. “Eat” is Big Jade’s first new single of 2022, arriving after a red-hot 2021 that established her as one of the most promising emcees in the South. In the video, which releases at 5pm ET, Jade and Z-Ro host an H-Town gathering in a city park, complete with customized cars with swangers and neon-lit messages in their popped trunks (echoing Jade’s video for her 2021 standout “Dem Girlz”). “We runnin’ out of options, stay the f*ck up out that gossip/Cause they knowin’ how I’m comin’ if we run into a problem.” On his hook and second verse, Z-Ro demonstrates why he’s one of the Lone Star state’s best emcees, combining sonorous melody with evidence that his wild-eyed intensity hasn’t abated with age: “I ain’t gon’ be the old n***a talkin’ bout what he didn’t do/Imma be the old n**** talkin’ ‘let’s hit a lick or two’.” Sliding into the pocket of a lush instrumental, complete with cinematic strings, dramatic pianos, and thunderous Texas trap percussion, Big Jade kicks things off with a brash and confident verse, assuring that her status in the streets is secure, with or without music: The new release unites the Beaumont, TX native with Z-Ro, a legend of her home state’s rap scene, who lends his golden pipes and veteran presence to the proceedings.

Sick of starving, Jade prepares to chow down on her opposition, sharing “ Eat,” her expansive new video single.

Z-RoĮmerging from a small city to become one of Texas’s most promising rappers, Big Jade is driven by her insatiable hunger for success. By Malcolm “A.S.T.A.T.E” Worsham 0 Big Jade – “Eat” ft.

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