Jawga Boyz

Jawga Boyz is an American country rap group formed in Athens, Georgia in 2003. The current lineup is Derek "D Thrash" Thrasher, A.J. "BoonDock" McIntyre, Mark "Cornbread" Bryant, Dez, and Chuck "Collard Green" Lambert. They have released four studio albums including 2014's Tailgate Music, which debuted at number 155 on the Billboard 200, number 22 on the Country Albums chart and number 17 on the Rap Albums chart. Steve Leggett of AllMusic gave Tailgate Music a favorable review, writing that it "keeps the fun and quality up, showing once again what this Dirty South hip-hop country rock thing is all about, and doing it all with engaging energy and intensity." In 2013, Thrasher wrote and recorded a song with Joe Diffie, "Girl Ridin' Shotgun". Jawga Boyz came up during the 2013-2014 season when the genre of hick-hop was exploding across the charts, but the Athens, Georgia crew preferred to refer to their rap-meets-country music as "kuntry" to separate themselves from the competition. Formed in 2003, the group went through numerous personnel changes before finding the right mix with Derek Thrasher, Justin Young, A.J. McIntyre, Mark Bryant, Matt "Manchild" Marshall, and Cody "Stixxx" Hutchings. Uploading tracks like "Rollin Like a Redneck" and "Ridin High" to video-sharing sites earned the group over ten million views, and in 2011, these cuts found their album home when the debut effort Kuntry appeared. The follow-up, Hick Hop 101, followed in 2012 with cuts like "Redneck Dirt Road Riders," "Down in a Holler," and "Waylon's Gone," then a year later the Boyz teamed with country-with-a-C superstar Joe Diffie for the single "Girl Ridin' Shotgun." ~ David Jeffries Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.