02.19.2026

That Mexican OT Revisits Recess With Video For Album Highlight “Guidance” ft. Sauce Walka & Hogg Booma

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As He Works on His Next Project, That Mexican OT Stands Up For Houston, Sharing a Flossy Video For His Collaboration With Fellow SE Texas Standout Sauce Walka and His Bay City Cohort Hogg Booma

Critical Praise:

“That Mexican OT is a consummate entertainer…he underscores how syncretic Texas music has always been, infusing traditions from both sides of the border with his own idiosyncrasies. The result is a brightly colored spectacle, a freestyle brawl of rap styles and regional flavors.” – Pitchfork

“That Mexican OT is having a moment…The 24-year-old from Bay City, Texas, is the latest regional Mexican performer to take over the hearts and minds of a music-loving world. But instead of corridos tumbados y bélicos or longing cumbias, Virgil Rene Gazca, better known as That Mexican OT (the OT stands for “Outta Texas”), is making waves in the world of third coast rap.” – Los Angeles Times

“That Mexican OT looks like a cowboy. But he sounds like a rap star.” – The Washington Post

“He’s got his fans hopped up on the same giddy multiculturalism as he is.” – The FADER

“OT’s creativity and style is introducing something truly unprecedented to the rap industry and the relatively smaller landscape of Latin rap.” – Houston Chronicle

“The Texas rapper is climbing the charts and bridging generational divides” – SPIN

“His deep bag of flows and lyrical creativity as well as his consistent musical output is impressive.”  – Lyrical Lemonade

“That Mexican OT’s Southern Trap Shines On ‘Lonestar Luchador’…OT (Outta Texas) delivers a charming Southern style partnered with his own Bay City flow that makes ‘Lonestar Luchador’ a must-listen.” – HotNewHipHop

The Announcement:

Bay City, TX native That Mexican OT is a natural spitter who has the respect of heavy-hitters in the Lone Star State and beyond. Today, the 27-year-old rapper revisits his 2025 album Recess, sharing the video for “Guidance,” a collaboration with Sauce Walka and Bay City’s own Hogg Booma. Produced by L.A.-based hitmaking duo Bankroll Got It, with 14x Platinum ATL producer Buddah Bless, “Guidance” is a down-and-dirty dollop of Texas trap, with reverbed organs, twangy guitars, and a menacing bassline dancing atop skittering percussion. The three slick-talkers trade bars, each one-upping the other as they see how Texan they can get: “I like my women country and criminal, new Maybach is a robot, sentinel/Out of there, shawty, what you finna do? I’m a real Texas boy, catch me on the lake in a inner tube,” spits Sauce Walka, while OT says, he is “ballin’ hard like a Maverick.” Directed by OT’s regular collaborator DGreen Filmz, the video for “Guidance” is as big as OT’s and Sauce’s personalities, as they take a yacht onto the Rio Grande and tool around in a speedboat that looks like a muscle car.
Watch “Guidance” ft. Sauce Walka & Hogg Boomin HERE
Released in 2025, the irreverent and impossibly-hard Recess is home to singles like the Lil Wayne collaboration “Baby Mad At Me,” the twangy “Runnin,” and the South Texas collab “Accessories” ft. Peso Peso. “Foreign To Me” follows the video for “Serrio,” another Bankroll Got It-produced banger with a guest verse from Cali rapper YBE. Featuring guest spots from BigXThaPlug, Sauce Walka, Denzel Curry, Money Man, and more, Recess is available on all platforms via Capitol/GoodTalk/Good Money Global/Manifest.
Stream Recess HERE

OT performed songs from Recess at his recent bash, Third Coast Bucking.  Presented by Hooked Up Productions, Third Coast Bucking iswas a full night of live music and rodeo action, featuring performances from some of the Lone Star State’s favorite artists, preceded by with top tier bullfighting and bullriding from top rodeo athletes. Following performances by Paul Wall and country star Braxton Keith OT closed out the night with his scintillating set, delivering highlights from his career and bringing up Johnny Dang during his namesake song.The hybrid rodeo/hip-hop event heralds a new phase of touring for That Mexican OT, who continues to be a road warrior. In February, OT launches a short 9-date tour in Texas and the Plains region before joining Yelawolf and Prof on a tour throughout Canada and the Northern U.S. The Bay City, TX native’s upcoming dates follow last year’s “Recess Tour,” which spanned more than 50 dates in two legs across the second half of the year. Tickets for OT’s shows are available at ThatMexicanOT.net

After breaking out in 2023 with his PLATINUM-selling hit “Johnny Dang” ft. Paull Wall & DRODi and the critically acclaimed album Lonestar Luchador–earning “Best of” recognition from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Complex, and Pitchfork–That Mexican OT took his success to a new level in 2024. The rapper earned a spot on the 2024 XXL Freshman list, was named one of the 7 Artists Shaping the Sound of 2024 by The New York Times, appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast (his episode topped the podcast chart for multiple days), sat for an interview with Nardwuar, headlined a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, and shut down his sets at the Austin City Limits Festival. In March 2024, OT shared Texas Technician, which featured guest spots from Slim Thug, Paul Wall, and many more from the Texas scene, as well as national figures like Moneybagg Yo. The Texas Technician single “02.02.99” peaked at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100, en route to GOLD status.

Continuing to represent for Bay City as he rises through the Texas scene, That Mexican OT is ready to go on a generational run. Stay tuned as That Mexican OT prepares his follow-up to Recess.

Photo credit: Victor Ellison

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The Background:

That Mexican OT is making sure Texas has a seat secured at the rap table. The Bay City, Texas rapper has burst onto the scene with his unique mix of exuberant, confidence-filled bars and the truck-rattling sensibilities of prime southern rap, mixed with the experimentation of DJ Screw’s signature sludgy chopped-n-screwed sound.

He flaunts a sound that plays just as well globally as it does at the parking lot kickback. The Tejano rapper rose to fame off his legendary linkup with Houston royalty Paul Wall on “Johnny Dang” (300 Million+ Streams), which Pitchfork honored as one of the best 100 songs of 2023. He parlayed that success into his breakout mixtape Lonestar Luchador, which was heralded by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, HipHopDX, The Houston Chronicle, Passion Of The Weiss, and more.

Notching tens of millions of streams on hits such as “Hardest Ese Ever,” “Cowboy Killer,” and “Hit List” solidified him as one of the most exciting southern rappers on the come up. With his latest album, Texas Technician, That Mexican OT delivers on the fun and raucous sound that made him, while also showing off a meticulous desire to expand his range.

Links:

official site | instagram | spotify | youtube | tiktok

“Guidance” ft. Sauce Walka & Hogg Booma: https://youtu.be/_9P1WDVzynQ

“Serrrio” ft. YBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGXQOGOw7Pw

Recess: https://thatmexicanot.lnk.to/recess

“Accessories” ft. Peso Peso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQSiLJw6KQ

“Baby Mad At Me” ft. Lil Wayne: https://thatmexicanot.lnk.to/BabyMadAtMe / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KA8ucduYyw

Buy That Mexican OT concert tickets at ThatMexicanOT.net

“Crooked Officer” ft. Z-Ro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPOA3de-CxY

“Bull Riding” ft. Slim Thug & DRODi: https://youtu.be/CyvHAS1anCQ

Texas Technician: https://thatmexicanot.lnk.to/TexasTechnician

“02.02.99”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSgekLujqE

“Cowboy Killer”: https://youtu.be/MDrRTupceaI

Buy tickets to see That Mexican OT on Tour: ThatMexicanOT.net

Lonestar Luchador: https://thatmexicanot.lnk.to/lonestarluchador

“Barrio” ft. Lefty SM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSF1w_NCDKI

“Johnny Dang” ft. Paul Wall & Drodi: https://youtu.be/tvmUrOSahsc

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