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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keke Palmer was 19 years old when she read a script for the part of a hard-edged young woman in the film “Pimp.” But at that age and point in her career, not long after breaking out in the indie film ...

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 ...

Jorge Hinojosa's debut feature film commands attention for its title alone: "Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp." But Hinojosa has imbued the film with depth and feeling as he tells the tale of Robert ...