According to Z-RO listening to the music of Tupac, The Geto Boys, Street Military, K-Reno and Klondike Kat inspired him to hustle harder so he could one day get himself out of the trap for good. Ironically, it was while he was hustling that he discovered rap music. 'A nigga started experiencing gun shots, stab wounds and all that other type of shitвЂ¦.all the shit that comes with being grown.'Д«y the time Z-RO had reached his late teens he had fallen victim to many of the traps that the system had set for young Black males, seeking a decent life with no jobs or opportunity available. 'ThatвЂ™s when shit started to get real,' recalls Z-RO. Once again Z-RO was forced to move to the east side of town, where things started to get kind of hectic for him. But that stability would be even harder to find when at age six Z-ROвЂ™s mother died, forcing him to come to grips with pain at an early age. The 28 year old rap sensation was shuttled from household to household, in search of stability. Born Joseph Wayne McVey in HoustonвЂ™s rough and tumble South Park area. I that name to keep me grounded to remind me of where I came from to respect my blessings right now so I donвЂ™t go back that way.'ДЄnd the place where Z-RO came from was nowhere near nice. So I told myself a long time ago that I am going to adopt the name of nothing and make something with it. 'DidnвЂ™t have nothing and couldnвЂ™t see nothing up ahead. Z-Ro says he gave it that name because of 2 reasons all the hard work he put into the album and because he was addicted to working on it. Z-Ro will be releasing another album after the ABN album titled 'Cracc' in Mid/Late 2008. Recently, in an interview on Houston radio station 97.9 The Box, Trae confirmed that he and Z-Ro would be releasing another ABN album titled 'It Is What It Is', Sometime during late June or early July. This statement was later retracted after the 2007 release of his mixtape Power. Before being incarcerated prior to the release of I'm Still Livin', Z-Ro stated in an interview that the album would be his last.

Z-Ro's popularity has increased rapidly, as he has been featured on Ugk's singles 'Trill Niggas Don't Die', Bun B's single 'Draped Up' with Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Mike Jones, Lil Flip,Lil Keke,and Aztek Escobar and also on Chamillionaire's 'Won't Let You Down' featuring a plethora of Houston-based rappers. Joseph Wayne McVey (born June 6, 1976) better known by his stage name Z-Ro, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas, known for his 'up-from-nothing' rise to fame, flexibility in rhyme and extensive collaboration with other rap artists and musicians.

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