In anticipation of the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South, which airs on June 7, Complex and Miss Info have teamed with the network to celebrate this year's honorees with exclusive coverage.
Thanks to a roster that has included the Geto Boys, Scarface, and Devin The Dude, it was almost impossible not to be influenced by James "J. Prince" Smith's Rap-A-Lot Records if you grew up listening to rap in the South. The Houston native started the label in 1986, and has released more than 100 albums since, including all the classics we counted down in our latest feature, The 25 Greatest Rap-A-Lot Songs Of All Time. With J. Prince getting honored at this year's Hip Hop Honors, we got the current King of the South, T.I., to talk about the Rap-A-Lot legacy and his first memories of the Geto Boys...
As Told to Toshitaka Kondo
