Pimp C, real name Chad Butler -- and one half of the rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room this morning. He was 33.

L.A. County Fire responded to a 911 call at the Mondrian Hotel, located on trendy Sunset Strip in Hollywood. They arrived to his sixth floor hotel room to find him dead in bed.

UGK is best known for appearing on the Jay-Z track "Big Pimpin'" in 2000, and more recently with Outkast on the song "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)." Pimp C had just performed with fellow rapper Too Short at the "House of Blues" in L.A. on Saturday night.


taken from tmz.com

 

Great.....Just realeased from prison....We have lost too many MCs in Houston....cant wait to hear the radio all week long

 

Hip hop wont be the same without UGK. I was excited about the future of U.G.K. ever since Pimp C was released.

 

R.I.P Pimp C

Man that sucks, UGK was the nice. People always wanted to know who that was on my radio in the car. UGK fool,lol. Bun B better hold it down.

 

I was listening to the radio all day yesterday..Sucks that C is gone, but they were plaing all the old jamz, "Tell me something good" "Pocket full of stones" up till his last tracks. Everyone was calling in from local artist Trae and Ro to Dipset out in NY to pay respects.

 

RIP