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Old 12-04-07, 05:25 PM
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Pimp C dead at 33

Just recently Port Arthur Texas Hip Hop duo UGK (Underground Kingz) dropped their last studio album the self titled UGK (Underground Kingz), an award winning album that went #1 in the US. No one knew at the time that that would be Pimp C’s (Chad Butler) last album. The always outspoken Pimp C was found dead after a 911 call alerted emergency personnel to his hotel room at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, CA the morning of December 4th, 2007.

Pimp C and Bun-B (the other half of UGK) have been making records together and apart since the early 90’s appearing on hit songs like, Big pimpin’ and this year's big hit with OutKast, International Players Anthem. They have also worked with the likes of Scarface, E-40 and Devin the Dude. Pimp C had just recently finished performing with Too $hort at the House of Blues in Los Angeles.

It really is a sad day for hip hop music, considering how well received UGK’s album was, to know that his career seemed to be on the upswing makes his loss hit even closer to home with Hip hop fans everywhere. The beauty of it is this; he and Bun-B made countless classics that will live on forever that we can all enjoy, that is what makes music across the board so special. While Pimp C is no longer with us physically, we can all celebrate his life every time we put a UGK CD into the player


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Old 12-04-07, 05:28 PM
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R.I.P. Pimp C
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Old 12-04-07, 05:48 PM
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He's free now

RIP Pimp C
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Old 12-04-07, 06:46 PM
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R.I.P.

oddly enough i bought their newest cd yesterday
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I always liked their verses on Big Pimpin'
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Old 12-05-07, 06:21 AM
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At least we still have Pimps A, B, and D through Z left.
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Old 12-05-07, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by zombiezilla
At least we still have Pimps A, B, and D through Z left.
Not for long. Pimp L has recently been diagnosed with inoperable skin cancer.
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Originally Posted by Luther Heggs
Not for long. Pimp L has recently been diagnosed with inoperable skin cancer.
Well done, sir.
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Originally Posted by Tommy_Harn
Well done, sir.
I second that emotion.
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Old 12-05-07, 06:36 PM
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Teacher says, "Every time a rapper dies, an angel gets his wings".
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Old 12-05-07, 06:47 PM
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I was wondering how long it'd take for the non-rap fans to come in here and make stupid ass comments.
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Old 12-05-07, 06:55 PM
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What did he die of? They curiously didn't say... I'm assuming a gunshot wound, but could be wrong.
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Old 12-05-07, 07:14 PM
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I'd imagine you're wrong. Being found dead the way it was described usually suggests something drug related and/or passing in your sleep.
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Yeah, rappers die of natural causes in their sleep in their 20s and 30s all the time. Don't you read the fucking papers?!?
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Originally Posted by Al Padrino
I was wondering how long it'd take for the non-rap fans to come in here and make stupid ass comments.
I was wondering why these threads get started at all, seeing as how anyone who matters really doesn't give a shit. Except maybe to celebrate.

I got a Xmas present early!

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Old 12-05-07, 10:56 PM
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Yeah, a man is dead. Let's uncork the champagne. Your constant bashing of hip-hop is one thing, if not redundant. But showing joy over the death of someone in this context seems uncalled for.
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As a musician I personally can't stand Rap/Hip Hop, but I would never wish for, or celebrate, the death of anyone who wasn't a really nasty criminal (the worst of the worst).

I've always wondered why the sheer number of these people who are killed or die from drug overdoses doesn't wake many of their fans & friends up to the dangers of that lifestyle - is it that they just don't care? They're just too cool to care, and living life clean and away from violence as much as possible isn't cool? Some people seem like they don't understand how easy it is to die, and how permanent it is.

But then I am pretty removed from the "Hip Hop/Rap Culture," so what do I know?
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Old 12-06-07, 10:09 AM
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Drug abuse isn't exactly exclusive to hip-hop. It seems much more rampant in the rock world.
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Is Vitamin C okay?
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Old 12-06-07, 11:28 AM
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i heard he died off of syrup, just like dj screw.

i was wondering why there was 18 comments on this thread 2day, then i realized that most of the people here act like big pussys and take shots at hiphop any chance they can. dead or alive.

if this post was about david gilmore dying than im sure id be shot point blank for making a joke.
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Old 12-06-07, 11:52 AM
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yeah lets all makes jokes about someone dying. The same thing happened in the Sean Taylor thread when people came in their to put him down saying he was thug and got what he deserved. no one deserves to die and no one has the right to make jokes about someone dying. What kind of people are you? How would you like it if someone said "insert name here" died lets celebrate. Won't use names since I don't want to get in trouble with the moderators.
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I wonder if his homies will put his ashes in a crunked-out Pimp Juice cup before scattering them?
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Not liking hip-hop's one thing. Though I don't agree, I can see where it wouldn't appeal to a lot of people. That said, I never understood the point behind those people coming into threads that are clearly hip-hop oriented. It'd be like me wandering into a country thread and make sweeping generalizations masked as not-so-original jokes.
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damn and we didnt even get to see him on cribs!
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[Sorry for taking so long to get around to commenting here]

I'm no great rap fan but I really do think it is poor form for any DVDTalker to profess his or her apparent delight at the death of an exponent of a musical genre for which they have little or no sympathy.

Let's call a halt to that sort of thing from this point onwards.
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