HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- You may have seen them or heard them in traffic: A special type of car that's unique to Houston. We've got the scoop on the slab car culture and the music that goes along with ...

High gas prices have hit Americans' pockets everywhere, but slabs — and their owners — have held on in Houston. On any given Sunday in Houston's historic MacGregor Park, a Saturday night at Carrington ...

Shiny cars, protruding rims (some of which are on “poke”) and sound systems with 100 percent bass reaching up to 50 feet range. These are the fine details of a slab, which for Paul Wall is "my car of ...

“Meet at MacGregor Park and ask for a man called Les. Les spelt with a dollar sign $$$” The text message that pinged into my pocket when I was walking out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A couple months ago, my colleague Raquel Natalicchio and I were covering a Martin Luther King Jr. Day car meet in Houston’s ...

It seems as if the Karens of the world are taking over any bit of fun to be had. As if the Permit Pattys and BBQ Becky's didn't have enough, may I introduce to you the "Whiny Weavers"—a group of ...

One of the perks of working at GM Authority is that every so often, we come across something legitimately, head-scratchingly strange. This customized Cadillac ATS most definitely falls into that ...