FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston hip-hop legend known for lyrics about cars and highway driving almost lost his life Monday on I-10. Lil' Troy, who now works as a truck driver, was able ...

Lil' Troy, a Houston-area rapper known for his 1999 hit "Wanna Be a Baller," escaped from a massive fire that engulfed a truck he was driving this week. Lil' Troy explained that he was driving ...

Lil' Troy. Credit : ABC 13 Houston/ youtube Lil' Troy, a Houston-area rapper known for his 1999 hit "Wanna Be a Baller," escaped from a massive fire that engulfed a truck he was driving this week.

Since the "Wanna Be A Baller" days in 1999, Lil' Troy has traded in his Impala for an 18-wheeler. He owns Birklett Trucking Company in Missouri City and was on his way home from Arkansas when he ...