Devin the Dude, Big Hollis

Feel-good rapper Devin Copeland -- better known as Devin the Dude -- was born in Pontiac, Michigan, but raised in Florida and Texas. As a child, he went back and forth from New Boston and Houston and finally settled in the latter after he graduated high school. In the late '80s, Devin met Rob Quest, a blind rapper and producer who was part of a Houston crew called the Coughee Brothas. Later on, the duo formed a group named the Odd Squad and recruited Devin's longtime friend Jugg Mugg and a local DJ named DJ Screw. Screw (who was later replaced by DJ Styles) took the group's de...