Bill Text: TX HCR32 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating Missouri City as the official Hip-Hop Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Referred to Administration [HCR32 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR32-Introduced.html
| 87R7252 BPG-D | ||
| By: Reynolds | H.C.R. No. 32 | |
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| WHEREAS, Missouri City has distinguished itself on the Texas | ||
| music scene as an influential center for hip-hop, with two | ||
| respected artists from the community having risen to international | ||
| fame; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known to countless fans as Z-Ro, Joseph Wayne McVey | ||
| IV began his career in Missouri City in the late 1990s; he combined | ||
| his gifts for freestyle rapping and singing with a remarkable work | ||
| ethic, and following his 1998 debut, Look What You Did to Me, he put | ||
| out an album nearly every year for two decades; building on the | ||
| success of his collection The Life of Joseph W. McVey, The "Mo City | ||
| Don" released Let the Truth Be Told, featuring such guest stars as | ||
| Juvenile, Ashanti, and Paul Wall; in 2016, he hit the R&B Top Ten | ||
| with Drankin' & Drivin', and through the years, his vocals have | ||
| enhanced numerous tracks by the likes of Scarface, Gucci Mane, and | ||
| Bun B.; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Missouri City's Travis Scott, born Jacques Bermon | ||
| Webster II, signed a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music in | ||
| 2012 and gained national attention that year as a coproducer and | ||
| featured performer on West's Cruel Summer compilation; Mr. Scott's | ||
| own studio debut, Rodeo, yielded the platinum single "Antidote," | ||
| launching a long streak of hits; his sophomore collection, Birds in | ||
| the Trap Sing McKnight, soared to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, | ||
| and he went on to join with Quavo under the group name Huncho Jack to | ||
| release a smash album in 2017; his other collaborations have | ||
| included work with such luminaries as Rihanna, Drake, Miguel, Ed | ||
| Sheeran, Young Thug, and M.I.A.; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2018, Mr. Scott's single "Sicko Mode" reached | ||
| No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and his 2019 compilation album | ||
| JackBoys, which also featured other artists on his Cactus Jack | ||
| record label, topped the Billboard 200; he later became the first | ||
| Hot 100 artist to have three singles debut at No. 1 in less than a | ||
| year; the winner of a Billboard Music Award and a Latin Grammy | ||
| Award, he has also been nominated for eight Grammy Awards; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The outstanding achievements of Z-Ro and Travis | ||
| Scott have made Missouri City a very bright spot on the map of | ||
| hip-hop's most vibrant communities, bringing increased recognition | ||
| of the Lone Star State's contributions to this popular genre; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate Missouri City as the official Hip-Hop Capital of | ||
| Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
