COWBOY SINGS 'HICK-HOP'
By Jack Leaver, THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS

Cowboy Troy knows his unique brand of country music has some radio programmers scratching their heads.

After all, when the 6-foot, 5-inch, 250-pound rapper first appeared on Big and Rich's multiplatinum debut album, "Horse of a Different Color" and subsequently toured with the hot new duo, Cowboy Troy turned some heads among country-music fans.

However, his multilingual rap in the middle of the Big and Rich song "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big and Rich)" instantly became a crowd-pleasing part of the duo's show each night, and now Cowboy Troy is striking out on his own with his debut album, "Loco Motive."

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