Hip Hop Picks Up the Pieces After Another Death
On Friday night here at Warehouse Live, 48 hours and 1,500 miles from the Grammy Awards, more than a thousand fans gathered for a different sort of musical celebration - a tribute to the late Pimp C of grammy-nominated, UGK?
RiP to PiMP C of UGK
Its a sad day in the world that half of UGK is not gone. No more official UGK music though we havn't had a huge amount or a major released cd since PiMP C was released from prison. Now he is in a better place so lets take a moment to remember him and his great style of southern country rap tunes. Ya herd?
Pimp C Dead
The influential rap artist and member of rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz), Pimp C, was found dead in the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles this morning. Pimp C, aka Chad Butler, had a long history of involvement in drugs and criminal activity, but was quo ...
REST IN PEACE PIMP C - SIGN HIS MEMORANDUM HERE
Rapper Pimp C was found dead this morning at an upscale hotel on Sunset Strip.L.A. County Fire Department paramedics, responding to a 911 call, found him in his bed at the Mondrian Hotel. Pimp C, whose real name is Chad Butler, was a member of UGK, a rap duo that had a No. 1 album in August.
Link: The Decline of Hip Hop Sales
If you have time for some reading, here is an excellent article by the New York Times outlining the decline in Hip Hop sales in 2007 while reviewing how artists now have to grind harder to get much less in the game. Mentions in the article were Joel...
Top 10 Albums of 2007
2007 could be described as a lackluster year for rap. It's no disrespect or credit taken from some of the top artists and offerings this year, but overall there seemed to be a lot lacking. It could be the continuation of more and more 1 hit wonders...
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