Background
Slim Thug grew up in Houston"s Northside neighborhood of Homestead/Scenic Woods.
Slim Thug grew up in Houston"s Northside neighborhood of Homestead/Scenic Woods.
He gained mainstream attention for his contribution to the popular single from rapper Mike Jones, "Still Tippin"". Slim says that his rap name came from the fact that as a teenager, he was very tall and lanky before he filled out. He stands 6"6" tall. The Thug part comes from people"s assumptions of him due to his french braids and sunglasses.
At age 17, he performed freestyle raps at local high school parties.
He began his rap career with Swishahouse in the late 1990s. After realizing how much money he could make distributing his own mixtapes, he parted ways with Swishahouse on good terms and formed his own independent label, Boss Hogg Outlawz.
Thomas bought two record stores and worked in real estate. Already Platinum (2005-2008) Slim Thug"s big debut album with Star Trak Entertainment & Interscope Records, Already Platinum, was released in July 2005 after many delays.
lieutenant premiered on #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sold 130,000 copies in its first week.
Singles included "3 Kings" (featuring TI and Bun B), and "I Ain"t Heard of That" (featuring Pharrell and Bun B). Slim Thug appeared on Still Tippin" with Mike Jones and Paul Wall, Beyoncé Knowles"s #1 single "Check on lieutenant" and Gwen Stefani"s "Luxurious". With the Boss Hogg Outlawz, Slim Thug released three albums, Boyz North Blue (2004), Serve & Collect (2007) and Back by Blockular Demand: Serve & Collect II (2008).
He left Star Trak & Interscope Records in 2008.
Boss of All Bosses (2009) Slim Thug"s second solo album Boss of All Bosses was released in 2009. Although not as successful as his debut album, Boss of All Bosses debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200 with 32,000 copies sold in the first week released.
lieutenant included the single "I Run". Tha Thug Show (2010–present) Slim Thug"s third studio album Tha Thug Show.
His first single was "Gangsta" which featured Z-Ro.
His second single featured rapper/singer B.o.B entitled "So High". lieutenant was released November 30, 2010. On April 23, 2013 he released a new European Parliament titled Welcome to Texas European Parliament featuring guest appearances from Rick Ross, Pimp C and Ludacris among others
In October 2009 he appeared on The Daily Show, in a parody discussing the effects of the recession upon wealthy rappers such as himself.
The skit was filmed in part at The Lion"s Den Recordings in Houston, Texas.