Botany Boyz are a rap crew from Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, United States. They are the owners of the labels Big Shot Records and Plat-Num Productions.

History

One of the foremost contributors to the Houston screw scene, the Botany Boyz were part of the Screwed Up Click

Screwed Up Click

The Screwed Up Click is an assortment of rappers mainly from the southside of Houston started by DJ Screw.After appearing on numerous screw tapes and spreading their name throughout southern hip hop, they have become well known. Despite the deaths of several members and the incarceration of...

 in the early to mid 1990s. The group name is a reference to Botany Lane in the Cloverland

Cloverland, Houston, Texas

Cloverland is a neighborhood located on the southside of Houston, Texas, United States.Cloverland was the home neighborhood for Lil Flip and many other Houston rappers...

 area of Houston where they resided.

Their first album, Thought of Many Ways, was released on their own label, Big Shot Records, in 1997; its follow-up, Forever Botany, was released in 1999 and managed to crack the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop charts at #99 in 2000 as the Houston rap scene became more popular across the US. Since then, the members have concentrated more on solo projects, with C-Note

C-Note (rapper)

C-Note is an American rapper from Texas, active on the Houston screw scene. He was formerly a member of the Botany Boyz, part of the Screwed Up Click scene first started by DJ Screw. His first album, Third Coast Born, was an underground success, eventually reaching #67 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip...

 being the most successful.

The Botany Boyz were featured on the platinum selling Sittin' Fat Down South

Sittin' Fat Down South

Sittin' Fat Down South is the first album by southern rapper Lil' Troy. The album was produced by Bruce "Grim" Rhodes and certified platinum on October 12, 1999 by the RIAA with over 1.9 million copies sold in the United States.-Tracks:...

, with the single "Chop, Chop, Chop" produced by legendary southern producer Bruce "Grim" Rhodes.