Bun B

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared as 'Bun B Says the Posthumous Pimp C Project Will Be an EP' but a rap from Mass Appeal Records confirmed to XXL that the project will be a LP not an EP  Pimp C's solo career remains as one of the biggest "What If?"s in hip-...

Rappers giving lectures at Universities and Colleges aren't anything new. Lil B gave a hour-long lecture last week at Carnegie Mellon University sharing hilarious thoughts on Gerlado Riveria (“I don’t know if he even is classified as a journalist”) and references to his famous cooking dance. Kanye West made ...

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There's more information about J. Prince's "Courtesy Call" for Diddy, Suge Knight, Lil Wayne and Birdman. During an interview with XXL, Bun B said that the call was supposed to be the intro to a rapper's project. "Well it's just another intro," said the UGK member. "If...

Nearly six years to the day after Drake dropped his breakout mixtape So Far Gone, Drizzy shook the game up again with his new project, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late. Before he was an internationally recognized superstar MC, Drake was making his name by touring and hitting the smaller clubs around United States trying to get on ...

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Bun B will be dropping knowledge starting this March, and it won't be on wax. Rice University has just announced that it will be offering its course on religion and hip-hop culture in an open, online format. The class is taught by none other than Bun B; the UGK rapper has previously worked with Anthony Pinn, a religious studies to professor, to offer a classroom version of the material... Read Mo

On this day, 13 years ago, Pimp C got out of prison after serving nearly four years.

Houston's prolific Kirko Bangz is back with his second project this year, Progression V: Young Texas Playa. Though the "Drink In My Cup" rapper reportedly gave up sipping lean, the purple-hued cover and nods to legends like Pimp C are decidedly on-pharmacy brand...

On this day, Dec. 4, in hip-hop history, we lost one of the South's best, Pimp C.

The day Dirty South broke into the mainstream.

Scotty ATL first announced Spaghetti Junction back in 2013, and now the long-awaited mixtape is here. Hosted by DJ Burn One, DJ Scream, and DJ Mike Mars, the buzzing ATL rapper channels his region's sounds over production by DJ Toomp, K...