Hip-hop has always been about lineage. Houston royalty Bun B and Bay Area leader of the new school, Symba, are not only two of the genre’s most formidable wordsmiths, but students of the game, set to preserve the traditions and pillars of this thing we love called hip-hop.

When you talk about Texas hip-hop royalty, Bun B doesn’t just sit at the table — he built it. The Trill OG, one half of the legendary UGK (Underground Kingz), returned for his fourth straight year to the 93rd annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Black Heritage Night

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