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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 Park Psycho, early in the '90s. It sold almost 100,000 copies around the area, and sparked a contract with Priority. Second album
Psychic Thoughts did even better, and
N-I-P worked with an assortment of producers (
411,
N.O. Joe, Mic B, Information Booth, Swift, and Johnny Cage) to record his third, 1996's
Psychic Thoughts.
Interview With a Killa was released in June 1998. ~ John Bush