If you’re in Houston, you can’t miss them. Mainly, because they’re not made to be missed. They’re called slabs. While they might resemble the lowriders you see cruising through many American cities, ...

Slabs — custom cars characterized by features like extended wire spokes known as swangas, vibrant and almost-metallic candy paint exteriors and bass-heavy sound systems — originated in Houston’s Black ...

BaKa Fields died young - in his 20s - of what his friend Tim "Toolman" Berard describes delicately as "certain situations that went on in his life." That was in 2000, and then as now, in Scenic Woods ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: They're loud, shiny, brightly colored, and impossible to miss. At a quick glance, they might look like simple lowriders, but it's their iconic elbow ...

Last night, Art Attack swung by the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) for the presentation of "Still Holdin' SLAB: Cars, Music, and Community in Houston, Texas," which was ...