Hip-Hop/Rap
United States
Nappy Roots
![Listen to Po' Folks (feat. Anthony Hamilton) [New Version] by Nappy Roots, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music124/v4/00/65/89/006589bf-7cfd-defd-8357-f84113db2286/mzi.kuwiutpe.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Po' Folks (feat. Anthony Hamilton) [New Version] by Nappy Roots, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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About Nappy Roots
Hometown
Bowling Green, KY, United States
Formed
1995
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
The alternative hip-hop group Nappy Roots put Kentucky on the rap map when their countrified 2002 debut album, Watermelon, Chicken & Grits.
• Nappy Roots formed as a group of Western Kentucky University students in the mid-1990s. They self-released 1998’s Country Fried Cess, which earned them label attention.
• At their commercial peak, Nappy Roots were a sextet featuring Skinny DeVille, B. Stille, Ron Clutch, Big V, Georgia native Fish Scales, and Oakland transplant R. Prophet.
• The group broke through with the organ-drenched 2002 single “Awnaw.” The single appears on their platinum-selling debut album, Watermelon, Chicken & Grits.
• Their sophomore effort, 2003’s Wooden Leather, landed in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
• In 2003, Nappy Roots earned two Grammy nominations: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Po’ Folks,” featuring Anthony Hamilton, and Best Long Form Music Video for “The World According to Nappy.”
• For 2011’s Nappy Dot Org album, the Nappy Roots entrusted the production to Organized Noize, the legendary Atlanta team known for their work with OutKast, Goodie Mob, and others.
• Following the departure of R. Prophet in 2007 and Big V in 2012, Nappy Roots have continued on as a quartet.
Members of Nappy Roots include, or have included, Melvin Adams, Ryan Anthony, R. Prophet, Big V, and B. Stille.
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