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Slim Thug, a rapper-turned-entrepreneur, has been creating cheap homes through his construction company, Boss Life Construction, since 2015, according to AfroTech.
The firm “cultivates a true sense of community for both families and single, young professionals alike.”
“We built affordable homes because a lot of people are going through these hoods and just buying up everything, you know what I’m saying, and running these people out of there and building these expensive places and running them taxes up,” Slim Thug said in an interview on “Sway’s Universe” in 2017. “So, you know, it’s definitely going down in H-Town,” Yahoo News wrote.
Slim Thug was given his own day in Houston in 2014, which falls on February 25. This inspired him to contribute more back to his hometown.
“When they gave me my own day, that was one thing they told us about, it’s a thing called LARA [Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority] lots where if you build affordable homes, then they will allow you to get the land for like a dollar,” he explained.
“So, what we did was we got a couple of lots from them and built on that, but the deal is you gotta build an affordable home, and also if they qualify, we give them the down payment to move in and everything.”
Slim Thug is not the only Houstonian making an impact on his community. Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland, both Houstonians, collaborated with Harris County to build permanent housing for the city’s homeless.
Megan Thee Stallion founded the Pete & Thomas Foundation after graduating from Texas Southern University in 2022. The foundation provides assistance to mothers, children, and elders living in impoverished Houston communities.
Trae Tha Truth hosts the annual Trae Day community weekend, which provides service opportunities in a safe environment. In addition, in 2021, he launched Handy Homemade Ice Cream, an ice cream store that employs persons with special needs, including his son.
Boss Life Construction has completed townhouse and duplex projects and aims to complete more in the future. Furthermore, its website contains information on properties that Houstonians can use. The Houston Chronicle highlighted the construction firm as a nonprofit subsidiary of its parent corporation, BossLife Inc.
