TBOHipHop.net :: HipHop's Promotion Source! - Found Feb. 22, 2010 Artist: Missez Song: Love Song Featurings: Pimp C Album: Love Song EP Genre: R&B - HipHop The video stream is much lower quality than the
MTV - Found Feb. 26, 2010 ... a very good friend of mine and Pimp C. He makes sure every time he comes to Houston, it's a big thing, and we can really give it up to Pimp.
All Hip Hop - Found Mar. 18, 2010 ... hip-hop community, by reuniting with former member Chamillionaire, at the behest specifically of the late Pimp C. of UGK and Atlanta rapper...
Austin Chronicle - Found 14 hours ago "Along with his partner Pimp C, rest in peace, Bun B wrote the blueprint for Southern rap while showing a generation of kids who weren't from...
Chad Lamont Butler1 (December 29, 1973 — December 4, 2007), better known by his stage namePimp C, was an Americanrapper and producer. He was one half of the influential hip-hop group UGK, along with Bun B.
In 2002, Pimp C was sentenced to eight years in prison for violating his probation.3 His arrest was widely protested by the hip-hop community, who immediately initiated a grassroots "Free Pimp C" campaign.4 While Pimp C was in prison, Rap-A-Lot Records released Sweet James Jones Stories in 2005, most of which consisted of unreleased freestyle recordings.3 On December 30, 2005, Pimp C was released from prison and placed on parole until December 2009.5
Death
Pimp C died on December 4, 2007. He was dead in a hotel room in Los Angeles according to the Los Angeles County Coroner, Butler suffered respiratory depression caused by an accidental overdose of promethazine and codeine cough syrup coupled with a preexisting sleep apnea condition. Like many other Southern rappers, Pimp C frequently referenced the recreational consumption of "sizzurp" in his music.6