Rapper Cowboy Troy exploded onto the country music scene in 2004 with a blend of country and rap he likes to call "hick-hop." Loco Motive, his 2005 debut, was boosted by Troy's association with the Big & Rich "Muzik Mafia," but he managed to keep his career rolling long after "I Play Chicken with the Train" hit the charts, working steadily into the 2010s.
It was his appearance on the Big & Rich track "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" that put him on CMT and into every honky tonk DJ's record collection that year, but Troy's involvement in country music and with Big & Rich b...