Houston Legend Z-RO on New Album 'Forever King' and His Unstoppable Texas Legacy

His talent and catalog span over three decades. It has made him an icon in rap music with a reputation that goes far beyond Houston's borders. Whether he goes by MoCity Don, Joseph McVay, or Zero, his lyrical skills are undeniable. And now he's back with a new release called Zero Presents Forever King. And joining us now here on The Factor Uncensored, the man himself, the MoCity Don Zero. Glad to have you back on The Factor Uncensored. You got a new release coming out on the 16th tomorrow. What can we expect from this new release from you? Oh, man, the same thing I've been giving y'all from the jump. A whole lot of, you know, non-kiss. You know what I'm saying? A whole lot of no-nonsense. Maybe a little bit more melodic this time. Maybe a little bit more R&B-ish, Vandross-ish type of vibes. But, you know, still the same message. You know, I hate this, and I hate that, and I don't love that, and it's good. Uh-huh. And is that something your fans want, that R&B, melodic vibe from Zero? Well, I think, I mean, a lot of my hardcore fans, you know, I got a lot of fans sometimes be like, oh, man, get back to the rap. And I'd be like, you know, they cheesed and slid out their omelette because I started off doing all that because I ain't had the money to, you know, like I said, I ain't had the money to pay a big mole or, you know, to pay somebody else that was singing back then. So I had to learn how to do it myself. So now I'm just accustomed to that. It saves me money and I make money doing that. So I ain't mad at it. There you go. And do you see yourself as evolving with time as you get older in this industry? Yeah, I do. I do, because my knees be hurting. My knees be hurting. You know, I'm not really responding to a whole lot of stuff I would have responded to back in the gap. Like, you probably would have been interviewing me from, like, Harris County right now. But now, you know, we here, you know, with the, man, this man's collection is crazy. I can't be around nothing like this if I'm, you know, emotional. And, you know, so I've definitely, I've definitely grown. I ain't going to say that time really made me kind of get it together. I'm going to say the threat of losing what I got. And one of the things you mentioned was this latest release coming out will have an R&B vibe part of it. How much of this new release will be reflective of you, your life, your personality? Oh, I love it. I love it. the new personality that I be lying and be trying to be, the one that I really am up under here that everybody hates, but they seem to love to purchase music from. I mean, it's just, it's kind of like, it's definitely chronological. It's definitely documenting a lot of times in my life, but it's definitely documenting a lot of stuff that's been going on in my life as of late. And I think the listeners are going to be able to hear that and be like, now that's right now this ain't two three years ago this is now and when you say the one that they hate describe what that is how would you perceive them seeing that what what is that okay so if i say a particular thing on the song about my relationship i'm cool you might say and you have to sleep on the couch you know what i'm saying or you're gonna have to get out or you know your relationship might even be postponed over after that uh you know i'm the dude that you really hate doing something fraudulent in front of me because you know i'm like you know i'm not gonna let that go right because if i let it go then i'm assisting your fraudulentness and i don't want to you know i don't want to be Scottie Pippen to that Jordan so they hate the honesty it's not going to come out in front of nobody but i mean like if you if you tripping it's a must that i let you know that that you tripping there you go all right zero we appreciate you coming by the Factor on Censor for those who want to get this latest release on october 16th where can they go and find it man y'all can go on you know i'll let spotify apple music deezer you know uh what's jay-z thing title yeah uh it's gonna be everywhere you know i'm saying It's definitely going to be bootleg, and I ain't going to lie, I might be doing a little leg in myself. Don't make us have to go see them, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't mind. I'm back to the basics, you know what I'm saying? There you go. Zero, thank you for coming on The Factor on Censor. Always good to see you, and check out its new release October 16th.