J. Paul Jr.

J. Paul Jr. and his band, the Zydeco Nubreedz, started to make their mark on the music scene not long after frontman Paul pulled the band together in his native Houston in 1995. Three years later, he and the Nubreedz were named Best Newcomer of the Year and took home the Clifton Chenier Music Award. Sources differ over the zydeco leader's real name, with some claiming it is Paul Lawrence Grant II, and other saying it is John Lawrence Grant II. He grew up outside of Houston in the town of Conroe, the son of Bishop Paul Grant Sr. The elder Grant ran a recording studio that cater...