The stories surrounding how JAY-Z’s “Big Pimpin” came together with UGK are built in egos, pettiness and pure hilarity. Too Short has added the element of loyalty with his take on how the track almost ...

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 ...

Hip-hop has started cranking out documentaries about its mythical figures and subjects the same way Hollywood is dipping into comic-book mythology. It’s a necessary achievement for the medium, the ...

“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 ...

Pimp C, who passed in December 2007, had a lot of people who cared about him. Credit: Photo by Marco Torres “Do you need help?” Clearly I did. Not only had I foolishly worn heels, I’d parked on the ...

OutKast and UGK may have created a wedding staple with “Int’l Players Anthem,” but the recording process may have had a couple of bumps, according to Andre 3000. A teaser trailer for an upcoming ...

PORT ARTHUR — Under a light rain and cloudy skies, thousands of fans filed into the civic auditorium here Thursday to say goodbye to the Grammy Award-nominated rapper known as "Pimp C." "We was in the ...

Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp A Butterfly is up for a staggering 11 nominations, including Album of the Year, at the upcoming 58th Grammy Awards, which are taking place later this month. Honoring this ...