Paul Wall got his name from rapper and producer Pauly Buell. Pauly Buell is best known for producing rap albums for artists like Project Pat, Mac Dre, and Tupac Shakur. Paul Wall was born Pauly Buell and changed his name to Paul Wall in the early 1990s. He released his first album in 1992 and his last album in 2002. During that time, he charted five studio albums, three mixtapes, and two singles (one of which became a number-one song), and toured extensively.