“Glitter and gleam ain’t all what it look like / So I keep swangin’, out here clangin’ tryna live my life.” — Chad L. Butler, 1996 Everyone who knew Pimp C knew many things about him. That he was a ...

Willie D was very close to Pimp C. The Geto Boy and former boxer and radio host spoke with Houstoned Rocks earlier this afternoon about Pimp’s musical soulfulness, self-confidence, anger and influence ...

The first thing you always tell yourself about posthumous albums is that some of the music is dated for a reason. It’s taking an artist you loved and unearthing some of his or her final thoughts.

In an episode of "The Right Time With Bomani Jones" dating back to 2019, Bun B regaled the podcast host with a story about meeting D'Angelo while recording in New York. Pimp C, a super producer in his ...

I came late to the UGK party. I was out of the country for much of their rise from 1992-1995, and then I lived in Nashville, where their legend had not yet spread, until the end of 1997. Even after ...

Bun B details a specific set of goals forUGK 4 Life, his final recording with the late Pimp C. He hopes the record, released today, will “solidify the UGK foundation for people.” He wanted to make ...

The release of "i" opened a deep chasm within the hip-hop community last September. Augmenting his voice, Kendrick Lamar preached confidence and self-assurance over a groovy Isley Brothers sample.

In a move that would have made heads explode during UGK’s heyday, Pimp C is on a track with Nas and Juicy J. “Friends” follows the Lil Wayne collab “3 Way Freak” which was released earlier this month.

Kendrick Lamar’s new LP “To Pimp a Butterfly” was an instant conversation-shifter in pop music, and set records for debut-day streaming on Spotify. But the record very nearly had a dramatically ...