Eric "O.G. Style" Woods was a Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

 based rapper.

He began his career in 1986 as Prince Ezzy-E. He was a known local Houston celebrity due to his local college radio hits and his MC battles at area high school and block parties.

In 1989, Woods changed his name to Original E after meeting and forming a duo with Dirty South producer DJ Big Boss. They became known as O.G. Style. In 1991 they released I Know How To Play 'Em

I Know How To Play 'Em

I Know How To Play 'Em is an album by O.G. Style, a hip hop group from Houston, Texas. The album was released on Rap-A-Lot Records in 1991.-Track listing:# "Intro" # "Sucker" # "Funky Payback" # "Catch 'Em Slippin"...

on Rap-a-Lot Records

Rap-A-Lot Records

Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...

 and enjoyed some moderate success with the single Catch 'Em Slippin.

After the duo broke up, Woods kept the name O.G. Style as a solo artist.

Death

Woods was working on an album when, on January 2, 2008, he was rushed to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital with a severe brain aneurysm. Woods is survived by his estranged wife Shelley, including one child from their union, his remaining four children, his father and his three siblings. His son Eric plans to complete the album that Woods' left unfinished.

Discography

• 1991: I Know How To Play 'Em
  I Know How To Play 'Em
  I Know How To Play 'Em is an album by O.G. Style, a hip hop group from Houston, Texas. The album was released on Rap-A-Lot Records in 1991.-Track listing:# "Intro" # "Sucker" # "Funky Payback" # "Catch 'Em Slippin"...
  
  (Rap-A-Lot Records
  Rap-A-Lot Records
  Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...
  
  )
• 2000: I Still Know How To Play Em
• 2005: Return Of Da Game