Popping culture: Zebra Katz tears up the house

Zebra Katz is once again dropping tracks to make your head think and your body move. He read the riot act in his 2012 single “Ima Read,” and the queer emcee with the gravelly voice and smooth delivery is back with his latest single, entitled “Tear the House Up.”

The track is a collaboration with Hervé, one of the brains behind such dancefloor successes as “Beeper,” and is a bumpin’ banger, made for filling dancefloors with grinding hips and hot bodies. Check out the video below.

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