Jay-Z’s “Big Pimpin” was one of the biggest records of his career and while it featured UGK (Bun B and Pimp C), Pimp C actually had his reservations about getting on the track when he first heard it.

The untimely death of UGK’s Chad “Pimp C” Butler last week, has sent shockwaves through the Texas music community. A triumphant force of the Houston hip-hop scene, UGK was entering a resurgence in ...

HOUSTON The funeral for Pimp C, who was born Chad Butler, began at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Robert A. Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur, Texas, but people were still lined up to pass through security ...

Pimp C's legacy is well-established. As one-half of the legendary UGK, C helped establish the South's viability in hip-hop in the early and mid-1990s. But also as a producer, Pimp C is one of the ...

While reminiscing on UGK's iconic 1996 album Ridin' Dirty, Bun B revealed a missed connection with a legendary rapper who wanted to link up with the duo from Port Arthur after hearing the record.

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 ...

Friday night was a momentous occasion for Houston hip hop. For the first time, the rappers who made their name in this city were celebrated in front of a huge crowd at the city's biggest annual party ...