Bun B Set to Escort Boxer Bernard Hopkins to Final Fight

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  45 Comments

bunb.jpgBun B, one half of legendary Texas duo UGK, has been selected by boxer Bernard Hopkins to accompany him on his march to the ring in what is expected to be the middleweight champ’s final bout. On June 10th, Hopkins will face off live on HBO against light heavyweight Antonio Tarver in what is being billed as a “Fight to the Finish” at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The match-up will mark an incredibly significant moment in Hopkins career, and the outcome will, in effect, determine his legacy in the ring after his impending retirement. Considered by many to be one of the greatest middleweights of this era, Hopkins promised his mother before her death that he would step out of the ring for good when he reached age 41. Bun, who, along with partner Pimp C, is regarded as one of Southern rap’s founding fathers, was flattered to be selected by Hopkins. He said in a statement, “It’s an honor to be able to be part of a legend’s career in this way. I’m honored to be able to walk with him.” The rapper has reportedly been in the studio preparing a special performance to mark the historic event.

  • INTERSCOPE JACKSON

    OOOOOOKay

  • Big Kev

    Sorry,but it doesn`t excite me at all.. Real hiphop or pure hip hop comes from NEW YORK home of the G.O.A.T Biggie… But I`m still in Hopkins corner…
    And I`m out

  • The Monsta

    Big Kev, what has new york done lately give the south credit. We runnin the game right now it’s all hip hop the NY will get there time to shine soon

  • ramotadab

    mayn forget u big kev the monsta is right wat the hell has nyc done lately?nothin cuz da souf is running the game and has been running it since forever and u need to listen to sum old ugk shit believe me u will love it

  • WI$EGUY

    THATS A GOOD THING, COOL CANT WAIT TO SEE THE FIGHT, ITS GONNA BE A REAL GOOD FIGHT. YO BIG KEV! GET OVER IT!! YOUR ALL STUCK ON NY AND DISSIN EVERYTHING ELSE, I SEE YOU DUN!, I MEAN DUNCE.GET A LIFE, A THERAPIST,OR GO TO HATERS ANONYMOUS BECAUSE MOST OF NEW YORK BREEDS ALOT OF HATERS NOW DAYZ. INSTEAD OF HATING GET YOUR FUCKIN FAT LAZIE ASSES IN THE STUDIO BUY SOME CALI WEED KUSH CRONIC, SHIT U ISSUE INFESTED LAMES AINT GOT UP THERE, HIT THE LAB AND MAKE SOME HOT MUSIC YOU GUYS CONTROL EVERYTHING AND STILL CANT MAKE A HIT AND ESPECIALY A GOOD ALBUM AND RESORTING TO BEING BIAS LAMES!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME KEEP IT NEWYORK STYLE FOR YOU WITH ALL YOUR WEAKASS DISRESPECT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER…YO KEV FUCK YOU !

  • E-Hustle

    Hopkins is a beast, but no way he retires unless he wins, period. Also, no problem with Bun B, but if your going with B, you got to bring his homie Pimp C, no? And what song dude going to perform?

  • http://MINDSTATELA.COM ARSANIC

    THAT FOOL HOPKINS LOOKS LIKE
    A BEAT UP VERSION OF THE “GAME”
    NOW THATS REALLY FUNNY.

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  • Inglewood 104th TCG

    for all the NY vs the South peeps. yall should neva forget tha WESTCOAST. No area had the game in Lockdown like the West did. and da Cuzz Game bringing it all back

  • Rodjilius

    bun b gonna get his ass beat lol

  • Burgh

    tha south got tha game locked right now cuz they making tutie frutie pop songs with the exception of a few(Face,TI,Weezy) its still all about da east and tha west can get back on to but they need alot more than game… im sick of hearin his 300 bars,260bars 4376448787bars and a couple g-unot disses was all good but u cant make a livin off of it,Pittsburgh in dis much live to wiz,papoose,kweli,clipse…..one

  • lil_c

    Big Kev Says:

    June 1st, 2006 at 2:25 pm
    Sorry,but it doesn`t excite me at all.. Real hiphop or pure hip hop comes from NEW YORK home of the G.O.A.T Biggie… But I`m still in Hopkins corner…
    And I`m out

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    real and pure hip hop come from the south go look out your windown and tell me how many ppl’z rydes are tryna look like southern rydez tryna act talk and dress like da south, jus cos new ‘flop’ york aint done no decent music l8tly doesnt mean u can go h8 on ppl that deserve there tyme to shine aiight so go learn sumin bout the south aiiight lame ass bitchh succ a dicc god damnit

  • Big Kev

    Hey wiseguy… you`re not so wise after all.Should change your name to ignorant.It was clear in the way I wrote my message, that I did this to start some controversy…And it worked with you cause you lack confidence in your self.. when you really believe that some kind of hiphop is the best you don`t start to insult someone who doesn`t agree with you…
    On the real,it`s true that i will always prefer NYC hip hop cause I grew up with that and that`s what i`m feeling but i`m not stupid I know the south is big now and I may not be a big fan of the crunk rappers but I got all the Geto boys,Scarface,early Outkast,too short cds… And it`s also true that NYC is not banging right now and not well represented… but I can`t hide that When it comes to my classics,I`m thinking about ready to die,illmatic,reasonable doubt,enter the 36 chambers…
    Peace…and to the south, keep getting that money

  • RAMMY

    Thats stupid.

  • RAMMY

    Hip-Hop started in New York dumb shit.

  • Big Kev

    To Rammy,why you say hiphop started in NY…. Nobody said it started somewhere else

  • Da King J-Hosa

    stop hatin on tha south punk ass motherfuckers

  • tony

    what the fuck i hate bun b and non pimp c they both suck and if ya don’t like what i’m sayin then bitch ass hoes you can suck dick and lick ass!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AusarsPlace The God

    fools always talk this coast or that coast..that divide shit…we one family..get your mind right girls

  • ReDiCuLouS

    Yo I’m a fan of ALL hip-hop first off…and it’s true..the only thing I been bumpin’ out of the East is Papoose,Busta Buss, & Juelz…everything else is wack to me…all the same…like Tech N9ne said “How many 2Pacs,Jay-Zs, & Master Ps can they conceive?” Everything hard is comin’ out the South…i.e. B.Gizzle,TIP,Weezy, & Chamilitary Mayne. Now the good underground is all comin’ from the MidWest..i.e. Atmosphere,Brotha Ali,any RhymeSayers shit. So the way I see it…the Middle gon be the next to take over. Done & Done. ~Holla~

  • ReDiCuLouS

    Oh yeah, BIG UP to Bernard Hopkins, dat nigga gon win…& Bun for stayin’ tru to dat UndaGround King shit ya dig?

  • http://aol.com javier

    Man fuck all yall niggas Bun B goes hard one of the best rappers alive hes a dirty south legend yall need to quit hatin and recognize like Hopkins did
    Port Arthur Texas in tha building aka
    The Real Trillville

  • BIGTDUB

    yall some south haters. Eat a dick and shut the fuck up. Thats why New York Rappers aint doing shit now pussy ass niggas.

  • http://xxl bolisbush

    its the southern takeover

  • I Am A Hater

    How the fuck does something about Bun B to escort Bernard Hopkins turn into a NY vs the South arguement?

  • WI$EGUY

    YO KEV,IT WASNT CLEAR! AND AS WELL EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF NEWYORK IS TIRED OF THE REAL HATING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SINCE BIG DADDY KANE PUT HIS MIC DOWN AND PUT ON THE SILK ROBE AND BUTTER MUFFIN LOTION,I MEAN COME ON YOU GUYS ARE SO DESPERATE THAT U GUYS STARTED WEARING PINK COLORED CLOTHES AND SHIT,PINK IS FOR MENTAL PATIENTS AND BITCHES, AND NY HAS BEEN ACTING LIKE BOTH LATELY(LIKE THE PAST 10 YEARS),AND BY THE WAY YA’LL BEEN TREATING EVERYBODY WACK OUTSIDE OF THE ROTTEN APPLE…THATS WHY I SAID WHAT I SAID,AND BY THE WAY, ALL THOSE CLASSICS ARE ALSO MY CLASSICS ready to die,illmatic,reasonable doubt,enter the 36 chambers…AND ALSO YOU CAN PUT BIG L’S ALBUM,DIAMOND D-BEST KEPT SECRET,MY ENTA THA STAGE NIGGAS,DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FUNKY TECHNICIAN IS??? OR HOW ABOUT FAT JOE’S FIRST ALBUM??? U GOT THAT 1 THATS A CLASSIC..WHO’S ANDRE THE GIANT?? WITH THE SOUL CLAP???…I CAN GO ON AND ON..SO CHILL OUT AND NEXT TIME DONT POST IT IF YOUR GONNA BE A RETREAT ASS NIGGA LATER!!! THAT JUST AINT A WISE THING TO DO!!!!!

  • http://www.ananzi.co.za PHONY YAYO

    DOES ANYBODY GIVE A FUCK..
    BYDAWAY FUCK RAMMY
    GGGGGGGGGGG-UNOT

  • bhillboy

    it’s all funny because hopkins is from PHILLY and he doesn’t pick freeway or beans or the roots or even the fresh prince. He picks a dirty south vet Bun B BITCH.

  • RAMMY

    Tony listen here bitch, g-unot is a stupid saying that makes no sense, if your gonna diss G-UNIT say somethin that makes sense instead of the 3 year old bullshit.

  • Big Kev

    To wiseguy,
    I totally agree with the classics you added… We can also mention Gangstarr and tribe albums and of course Stunts,blunts and hiphop is a classic… I don`t hate on the south and that pink shirt comment wasn`t necessary… South brothers wear clothes that look stupid to New Yorkers and vice versa.. It`s been that way forever.. Big respect to hip hop nationwide and I really mean it.. If nas and Primo make that collabo album I think that NYC gonna be back..
    Peace to wiseguy…… OUT

  • CLASS CLOWN

    YALL SAID F*CK THE TOPIC LETS HAVE NORTH VS SOUTH CHAT….FUCK BOTH YALL

    BET YALL CANT WOOP MY ASS!! MY NICCAS FROM CANANDA AND JAMAICA IS BEEFIN THATS DA REAL NORTH VS SOUTH YALL SOME MID EAST BULLSHIT ON THAT NOTE IF YALL SEE ME IN THE STREET IM ONLY JOKING…NICCA GOT A LOW PAIN TOLERANCE AND ASTHMA

  • Mister B

    LOL YALL ARE LOOSE…WHAT I WOULD SAY IS BEANS WOULD BE A BETTER FIT FOR HIM

  • Knowledge Speaks

    Tarvers gonna tap that ass. I give it 10 rounds, if that.

  • Anutha Suthena’

    Hatin ass bitches!

  • WI$EGUY

    peace to you too big kev,but,”brothas are amused by other brothas repps but the thing they know best is where the gun is kept”-guru….i hope that 1 is a banger-nas and primo again!….daaaaaaaaaaaaamn….and by the way im from l.a california…..peace!—–of pussy!!..lol

  • youngG

    Bun-B is Trill….so is Benard Hopkins…he was laughing in the face of Tarver at the Meeting…while Tarver was all serious….either way…benard gonna get Mad cash…and its not like Tarver been Dominating on that Boi Hopkins…Its politics baby….But this Fight is Forrreal….and Nothing more real then bringing out Southern flavor for yo ass…Bun B…hopfully Pimp will be there….so stop hating…east coast….yall da pioneers…fo sho…but we takin over..with a new STYLE…called SKREW…you….haha…Deuce…Two Dyme(210) till i die…

  • Kaven Lamarre

    To wiseguy: why you say of pussy???

  • Sililoque

    THATS pretty gay.

  • meYo

    Its all love y’all!! East, West, North, South. I got love 4 all y’all. Now I’d like to see Hopkins win. Just don’t think he has one more good one in him after watchin his last 3 fights.

  • $

    hopkins is gonna win and bun is trill period.

  • Eli Fly

    Bernard is gone win his last fight it’ll be cold if Bun_B rapped a Track while on his way to da stage with Bernard

  • 110hauler

    southern fried hiphop is the best n has been since 93.and new york doesnt just get misrepresented.it fuckin blows.the whole north east sucks.even before the south blew up i was bumpin west coast bitch.oh, please learn to spell because you make yourself and your people look like fuckin monkeys.ugk forlife

  • Jersey Boy

    Yo Bun is Trill !!!!!!!! Thats whats up the south running it real big all states

  • oc

    YOU GUYS CRAK ME UP , I WANA NO HOW THE FUCK CAN YALL TAKE A NON INTRESTING STORY AND FUCK IT UP EVEN MORE.

    AN YEH EVEN THOUGH I SAID IT CHANGE THAT FUCKING GGG UNOT SHIT MAN , WE IN ENGLAND ARE TIRED OF THAT SHIT.
    LOL

  • http://kinghenryg.tripod.com $

    like i said hopkins won and bun is trill period!