For the first time as long as I've known Roosh Williams, he's late.

Actually he's struggling with finding the building where we're supposed to meet. When it rains in Houston, things grind to a halt, double when it's cold. Williams has always looked a bit like a Persian prince, a good-looking guy with a square chin and either some stubble or a full-on beard. Yet when he finally pulls into DJ Supastar's Spin Academy near the Medical Center, he looks, well, square.

"The hair's kinda a new thing I'm doing, a renewal," Williams says with a laugh.

For the moment, he looks like he's back on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, where he honed his rap talents while earning a communications degree. Now he's in a deep, dark burgundy Boston College pullover and blue jeans with glasses that hug his face and a shaggy haircut that resembles the Beatles' George Harrison.

I casually joke, "You look like a schoolteacher."

"That's because I sub," he swings back.

It all seems like a bit of a shock: Roosh Williams, the man with a double-time flow and a deep competitive energy, working with private-school children, but he laughs.

"It's fun as shit."

At the moment, everything appears to be fun with Williams. He can joke about Amber Rose walking by ("we brushed arms") and being utterly shocked to see Farnsworth Bentley at SXSW ("dog, I used to think you were real tight!") and his own basketball talents, but it happens to be album season for the 25-year-old rapper.

A native Houstonian, Alief to be specific, Williams was born to Persian parents who lived in Tehran before emigrating here. However, he's always been smacked with the "white rapper" label.

"First, people didn't know what the fuck I was," he says. "My hair was short and people thought I was half black. First time I met Killa Kyleon, he thought I was white. I guess people think I act white. I went to middle and high school in Katy. I just consider myself an average motherfucker."

As his Unorthodox album nears, Williams has come into his own both as a man and as a rapper. From the clever samples of skate-party kingpin Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hot Stepper" and the Dazz Band & Benny Lava's "Let It Whip" to the feature by Scarface, the album is an extension of Williams that expounds upon his Persian heritage and more.

In his own words, Unorthodox is "completely Roosh," but there's a bit more to Williams. He's got a mouthy, competitive edge that flashes out when provoked, whether he's playing pickup basketball or water polo, or speaking out on social media.

Last October, the Rockets were in the middle of dismantling the Los Angeles Lakers at home on the NBA's opening night. During the middle of a heated argument between Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant, Williams took to Twitter and defend his hometown squad, and eventually raised the ire of an ESPN personality.

"I'm a huge Rockets fan," begins Williams. "Basically, Kobe and Dwight got in the fight and people were gonna talk shit about Dwight regardless. I went to Twitter, searched 'Dwight Howard' and the first tweet that popped up was [SportsNation co-host] Michelle Beadle. I responded and then put my phone down. Then I looked back and her fans just jumped on it, and I started flaming them one by one."

"I saw one dude's profile and it said he lived in Katy," he continues. "I said something to the effect of, 'I'm 15 minutes away from you.' His tone changed real quick. He said sorry and wished me the best of luck. Little moments like that make it so fucking worth it."

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