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-{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
-| Name                = Z-Ro
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-| Genre               = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] <!-- Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#Genre
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-| Occupation          = [[Rapper]]
-| Years_active        = 1998 - present
-| Label               = Fisherboy Records<br>[[Asylum Records|Asylum]]<br>[[Rap-A-Lot Records|Rap-A-Lot]]<br>King Of The Ghetto Ent.
-| Associated_acts     = [[Screwed Up Click]]<br>[[Trae]]<br>[[Lil Flip]]
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-'''Z-Ro''', is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]]. Z-Ro has built a reputation as a [[Southern hip hop|southern rapper]], though this has not developed into widespread popularity outside of the [[southern United States]].<ref name="villagevoice">{{cite news |title=Project Pat and Z-Ro: The Unsung Heroes of Southern Rap |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2006/12/project_pat_and.php |first=Tom |last=Breihan |date=2006-12-07 |accessdate=2008-09-07 |publisher=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> The [[New York Times]] has called him "one of America's most underrated rappers".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/arts/music/27play.html?_r=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Music&oref=slogin |title=A Hip-Hop Hurricane and Other Phenomena |first=Kelefa |last=Sanneh |date=2007-05-27 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref>
-His 2006 album ''[[I'm Still Livin']]'' was released while Z-Ro was imprisoned for [[drug possession]], to positive reviews.<ref name="villagevoice"/><ref name="nyt"/> It was called "a great album... powerful" but "relentlessly bleak" by [[The Village Voice]]<ref name="villagevoice"/> and "one of the best rap albums to come out of Houston" by the [[Houston Chronicle]].<ref name="houstonchronicle">{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/4314522.html |first=Eyder |last=Peralita |title=Z-Ro breaks ground, visits the past on new CD |date=2006-11-06 |publisher=[[The Houston Chronicle]] |accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref>
-His follow-up album, ''[[King Of Tha Ghetto: Power]]'', received mixed reviews however, with one review calling the release "unwieldy" and "scattershot".<ref name="nyt"/>
-Common themes in Z-Ro's music are [[crime]] and [[poverty]], often relating to his personal experience. For example, the music video for ''Hate You'' was recorded while he was incarcerated in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] jail.<ref name="houstonchronicle"/>
-==Discography==
-{{main|Z-Ro discography}}
-==References==
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-[[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:American rappers]]
-[[Category:African American musicians]]
-[[Category:Texas musicians]]
-[[Category:Freestyle rappers]]
-[[Category:Underground rappers]]
-[[Category:Screwed Up Click members]]
-[[Category:Houston, Texas rappers]]
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