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Paul Wall</td></tr><tr><th>Origin</th><td>Houston, Texas</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States</td></tr><tr><th>Genres</th><td>Hip Hop</td></tr><tr><th>Labels</th><td>Swishahouse/Asylum Records/Atlantic Records</td></tr><tr><th>Website(s)</th><td>http://www.swishahouse.biz</td></tr>

Paul Wall

Paul Wall (born Paul Slayton on March 30, 1980) is an American rapper and hip hop artist, DJ, promoter and jeweler from Houston, Texas. Paul Wall is affiliated with Swishahouse Records, formerly Swisha Blast Records. Slayton is a graduate of Jesey Village High School and studied mass communications at The University of Houston for three years. His parents are Michael T. & Rikki L. Slayton of Houston. Paul Wall was originally one-half of Houston power duo The Color Changin' Click, alongside long-time partner Chamillionaire.

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[edit] Early career

Off the wall Paul as he was called back in the day began his musical career in a gospel rap group by the name of the "The Sleepwalkers” with former partners Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki and TeRay "PKT" Green. They performed at many youth festivals and church gatherings before venturing into more secular music. Their music always had an edge to it and contained a dose of reality.

Paul Wall and Chamillionaire went to Swishahouse, but left for Paid in Full Records a short time later. After several mixtape and independent releases, including the critically acclaimed Get Ya Mind Correct, the two parted ways.[citation needed] Chamillionaire continued to release independent records, while Paul Wall returned to the Swishahouse fold. This move allowed him to appear on Mike Jones' first commercially distributed single, "Still Tippin'", from his first major label album Who Is Mike Jones?. Who Is Mike Jones? was the first screwed & chopped music to receive major play outside of the Houston area, both on mainstream radio and video outlets such as MTV and Clear Channel affiliates.

[edit] Major label career

Paul Wall is the owner and proprietor of Grills by Paul Wall in Houston. The online store specializes in the production of grills, silver, gold, or platinum caps and diamond inlays (usually princess-cut diamonds). The song "Grillz" by Nelly features Wall along with artists Ali & Gipp; at one point in the song Paul raps "Call me George Foreman 'cause I'm sellin' everybody Grillz!" The new album Get Money, Stay True is due out in Fall 2006.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles


[edit] Songs featuring Paul Wall

[edit] Expensive Taste

Expensive Taste is a rap "super-group" Paul Wall, Travis Barker (drummer of blink-182, The Transplants, and (+44)) and Rob Aston (rapper of The Transplants) have put together. Their first album, produced by Travis, while having no official release date, is due by the end of the year.

[edit] Awards/Nominations

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[edit] External links

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