According to several reports, plans are being aimed for this weekend to hold Pimp C’s (Chad Butler) funeral.

Hannah Funeral Home will be handling the services although the date and time hasn’t been announced just yet. Adam Saunders, the director of the Robert A. “Bob” Bowers Civic Center, told Port Arthur News that he has been in contact with the Butler family and is assisting in the planning of services which are expected to be held at the Civic Center either Saturday or Sunday. According to Bun B, the family is expected to have the body on today. (more…)

The legendary rapper Pimp C of Texas based rap group UGK was found dead in his hotel room at the Sunset Strip’s Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles after Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a 911 call according to several reports.

Pimp C (Chad Butler) was 33 at the time of his death. (more…)

Who would have ever thought that Pimp C would take the initiative to apologize. We knew it would happen sooner or later. Well, the Texas rapper who is the second member of the group UGK, recently had an interview in the August 2007 issue of Ozone Magazine, in which he made a statement that “Atlanta Is Not The South” because its EST. So is it South Eastern?

Due to his statements, the results ended with the rapper apologizing for his actions in a recent public statement: “To all my Atlanta fans and friends, I want to say I apologize for my statement in the Ozone magazine about Atlanta not being the South. That was a bullsh– statement,” he wrote in a blog on his official Myspace page. “Atlanta is and has always been the dirty motherf—in’ South. Chuuch!”

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Listen to the song “Cut It Out” from Nelly’s album “Brass Knuckles” featuring Pimp C of UGK and Sean P produced by Jay E Eppeson.

Watch the music video ‘Int’L Players Anthem (I Choose You)’ by UGK featuring Outkast and cameos by Three 6 Mafia, etc. Based off the song from the album “Underground Kingz”.
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Houston, Texas rapper UGK who is from the duo UGK & Pimp C was set to release his solo album “U.G.K. Underground Kingz”. Unexpectedly the album was announced as being pushed back from the original release date of December 19, 2006 under Jive Records to Feburary 27, 2006.

Regardless of the push back, UGK has been gaining a lot of attention for his single “The Game Belongs To Me” which was produced by his longtime partner Pimp C. The album “U.G.K. Underground Kingz” is a double disk which contains over 26 tracks including “Next Up feat. Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap”, “Players Anthem feat. Three 6 Mafia”, “Hit The Block feat. T.I.” and more. The video “The Game Belongs To Me” is expected to be released at the beginning of 2007.

Inadditon to Three 6 Mafia, T.I. and Big Daddy Kane the album also features artists Too Short, Andre 3000, Rick Ross, Slim Thug, Bun B., Charlie Wilson and others. Production for the album includes producers Pimp C, Jazzy Pha, Lil Jon, Swizz Beatz and Scarface.