Although Houston rapper Wine-O's debut single, "Pop My Trunk," featuring Paul Wall, may have been booming from car stereos in 2005, he was not a rookie. During the late '90s and early 2000s, Wine-O was a well-respected and prolific Christian rap artist in Texas under the pseudonym Nuwine. Born and raised Maurice Williams in Houston's poverty-stricken Fifth Ward, he spent most of his youth in and out of jail, selling drugs, and stealing automobiles. His precarious, crime-laden lifestyle came to a climax when he was shot at a convenience store -- the bullet entered through his c...