{{short description|American rapper}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ganxsta NIP | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Rowdy Lewayne Williams | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|8|28}} | alias = {{hlist|Ganksta NIP|Psycho N.I.P.|Ganxsta NIP|Brother N.I.P.}} | origin = South Park, Houston, Texas, United States of America | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|Gangsta rap|horrorcore|hardcore hip hop}} | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 1986–present | label = {{Hlist|Rap-a-Lot|Happy Alone|Rest In Peace|Blackmarket|Psych Ward}} | website = }}
'''Rowdy Lewayne Williams''' (born August 28, 1969), better known as '''Ganxsta NIP''' (pronounced Gangsta Nip), is an American rapper from South Park, Houston, Texas and a member of the South Park Coalition, which he co-founded in 1987 with Houston rapper K-Rino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkcoalition.com/ganxstanip/index.htm|title=Ganxsta NIP<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=southparkcoalition.com|accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref> In 1992 he released his debut album ''South Park Psycho''. This record also helped put the South Park Coalition name on the map due to world wide distribution from Rap-a-Lot. He also wrote the Geto Boys hit "Chuckie". NIP stands for "Nation of Islam Is Powerful"; he is also a part of the Nation of Islam.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p38976|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic ((( Ganksta N-I-P > Overview )))<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Williams is also looked at as one of the creators of the horrorcore rap genre.
==Biography== Ganxsta NIP's first album ''The South Park Psycho'' was released in 1992. There was no single to promote the album but it charted at #63 on the ''Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums'' and sold almost 100,000 copies in the area to land him a deal with Priority Records. His second solo album ''Psychic Thoughts (Are What I Conceive)'' charted on the ''Billboard 200'' at #151, at #30 on the ''Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums'' and at #5 on the ''Top Heatseekers''. His style of rap was hardcore gangsta rap with gory lyrical content, which is called horrorcore.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
After his 2003 album ''The Return!!! (of the Psychopath)'' NIP took a break before making a comeback with ''Still Psycho'' five years later. Ganxsta NIP’s most recent album, ''Psych' Swag: Da Horror Movie'', consists of 14 songs and was released on the artist's own record label Psych Ward Entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emusic.com/album/Ganxsta-Nip-Psych%E2%80%99-Swag-Da-Horror-Movie-MP3-Download/11848181.html |title=Psych' Swag "Da Horror Movie" mp3s, Psych' Swag "Da Horror Movie" music downloads, Psych' Swag "Da Horror Movie" songs from eMusic.com |access-date=2010-03-05 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613041327/http://www.emusic.com/album/Ganxsta-Nip-Psych%E2%80%99-Swag-Da-Horror-Movie-MP3-Download/11848181.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *1992: ''The South Park Psycho'' *1993: ''Psychic Thoughts (Are What I Conceive?)'' *1996: ''Psychotic Genius'' *1998: ''Interview with a Killa'' *1999: ''Psycho Thug'' *2003: ''The Return!!! (of the Psychopath)'' *2008: ''Still Psycho'' *2010: ''Psych' Swag: Da Horror Movie'' *2012: ''H-Town Legend: Still Gettin It In'' *2014: ''God of Horrorcore Rap'' *2016: ''Street Messiah (as Brother N.I.P)'' *2017: ''Souljaz Only (as Brother NIP)'' *2018: ''Creator of Horrorcore'' *2019: ''Conversation with the Gangstas (as Brother NIP)'' *2020: ''The Great Adventures of NIP Turner (as Brother NIP)'' *2023: ''Street Messiah 2 (Da 2nd Coming) (as Brother NIP)'' *2025: ''South Park Psycho 2: Back to the Beginning''
===Other albums=== *2003: ''Originator of the Psycho Sound''
===With South Park Coalition=== *2003: ''Packin' Heat'' *2004: ''Family Bizness'' *2006: ''Personal Vendetta''
===Guest appearances=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Artist(s) ! Title ! Album |- | 1991 | Bushwick Bill | "Chuckwick" | ''Little Big Man'' |- | 1993 | Seagram <small>(Featuring Bushwick Bill & Ganksta N-I-P)</small> | "Wages Of Sin" | ''The Dark Roads'' |- | 1993 | Geto Boys <small>(Featuring 2-Low, Seagram, Too Much Trouble''', 007,''' E-Rock,<br />Devin the Dude, Jugg Mugg, Ganksta N-I-P, DMG,<br />3-2, Big Mello)</small> | "Bring It On" | ''Till Death Do Us Part'' |- | 1995 | K-Rino | "Do Or Die" | ''Danger Zone'' |- | 2003 | Murder One | "For The Haters Part 1" | ''Rhythm For Thugs'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 |rowspan="2"|Mars | "Red Planet" | rowspan="2" |''Mars Attacks'' |- | "White Noise" |- |2007 |K-Rino |"Bussin Rounds" | ''A Lyrical Legend'' |}
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