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Album Charts: Bruno Mars Earns #3 Debut, Waka Flocka's 'Flockaveli' Opens At #6
Music ♦ Posted 10/14/2010
Despite new releases from Bruno Mars, Waka Flocka Flame and Faith Evans, country music reigns supreme on this week's Billboard 200. While Toby Keith takes the top spot and Kenny Chesney is pushed to no. 2, Bruno Mars is right behind them with his debut album. Mars' debut, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, lands the second-highest debut this week, entering at no. 3 with... |
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Pimp C's Wife Launches Annual Chad Butler Health/Wellness Fair In Texas
Music ♦ Posted 11/25/2009
Keeping a rapper's name alive after his untimely death is usually on the shoulders of his crew. While Bun B is doing his part, Pimp C's wife Chinara Butler wants her late husband's name to remain ... and is putting best efforts forth in December with the first annual Hip-Hop and Health/Wellness Fair in honor of the late... |
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Posthumous Pimp C Solo Album In The Works -- Bun B Taking The Reins
Music ♦ Posted 11/05/2009
It's been nearly two years since his death, but Pimp C's memory lives on, especially if his UGK partner, Bun B, has anything to say about it. And fortunately,for fans, the late rapper had enough music in the vaults to construct a posthumous Pimp C solo album ... that's exactly what Bun B is... |
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Pimp C's Death Caused By Accidental Overdose
Music ♦ Posted 02/04/2008
The official word from the coroner's office has come back in the death of UGK's Pimp C, and the verdict is that the Texas rapper died from an accidental overdose, due to a combination of cough syrup and a pre-existing sleep apnea condition. The cornoer's office said Monday (February 4) that the death was ruled... |
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Pimp C Laid To Rest, Thousands Attend Funeral
Music ♦ Posted 12/13/2007
Thousands of people (family, friends and fans) reportedly came out to wish late rapper Pimp C (real name: Chad Butler) farewell on Thursday (December 13) in his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas. Among those in attendance, celebs such as Bun B, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, David Banner, Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince, Mike Jones, Willie D... |
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Pimp C Gone, But His Music Is Here To Stay
Music ♦ Posted 12/10/2007
For the four years Pimp C was locked up, "Free Pimp C" t-shirts circulated throughout the hip-hop community. Now Pimp C is finally free, not from jail -- because he was released a minute ago -- but free from the ugly world we live in. At age 33, Pimp C is now resting in heaven... |
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Pimp C's Funeral Services Scheduled For This Week
Music ♦ Posted 12/10/2007
Rapper Pimp C is scheduled to be laid to rest on Thursday (December 13) in his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas. The services, which are open to the public, will begin at 11 a.m. at the Robert A. Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur. The actual burial will also take place in his hometown, but... |
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Bun B Remembers Pimp C
Music ♦ Posted 12/07/2007
When Pimp C was incarcerated two years ago, his partner Bun B held him down by launching a "Free Pimp C" movement. Now, with the unfortunate passing of Pimp C on Tuesday (December 4), Bun is has lost his brother and longtime friend. In a recent interview with MTV, Bun B spoke on his fallen... |
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Pimp C Of UGK Found Dead In Los Angeles
Music ♦ Posted 12/04/2007
Rapper Pimp C, one half of legendary Texas duo UGK, was found dead Tuesday morning (December 4) in his room at the Mondrian Hotel on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. Police responded to a 911 call, and found the rapper (real name: Chad Butler) dead in his bed. The rapper was just 33 years old. "We... |
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Pimp C Apologizes For Saying Atlanta Isn't The South
Music ♦ Posted 08/02/2007
After saying he didn't consider Atlanta a part of the South in a recent interview with Ozone magazine, UGK's Pimp C has issued a statement retracting his comment and making an apology for it. "To all my Atlanta fans and friends, I want to say I apologize for my statement in the Ozone magazine about... |
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Lil Troy Says Pimp C Dissed Him Because He Exposed Scarface
Music ♦ Posted 07/30/2007
Days after the release of an Ozone magazine article and subsequent radio interviews where rapper Pimp C implicates Russell Simmons of being homosexual, accuses Atlanta artists of stealing their trademark crunk sound from Memphis and shoots verbal slugs at several entertainers (read here), Houston rap pioneer and Short Stop Records owner Lil Troy steps up... |
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Pimp C Goes On A Rampage, Airs Out The South
Music ♦ Posted 07/25/2007
UGK's Pimp C recently let all his frustrations out in the page of Southern hip-hop magazine, Ozone, and no one in the South was safe. During the feature story in the magazine, Pimp C aired out everyone from Russell Simmons and Lil Troy to Ne-Yo and wannabe d-boys -- and even said Atlanta shouldn't be... |
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