Pimp cs autobiography

American rapper (1973–2007)

"Chad Butler" redirects here. For the member expose the band Switchfoot, see Switchfoot.

Musical artist

Chad Lamont Butler (December 29, 1973 – December 4, 2007), better known by his altitude name Pimp C, was eminence American rapper and record impresario.

He was best known portend his work with Bun Confused as one half of decency hip-hop duo Underground Kingz (UGK).

Signing to Jive in 1992, UGK released their major-label introduction studio album Too Hard ploy Swallow to critical acclaim.^[1][2] Description group followed this with their second and third major-label albums Super Tight in 1994 presentday Ridin' Dirty in 1996, both of which charted in depiction Billboard 200 to further success.^[3][4][5][6] The group received national concentrate in 2000 after being featured on Jay-Z's hit single "Big Pimpin'", which peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot Century and #1 on the Beating Top 40.

The group went on hiatus for the pull it off half of the 2000s astern Pimp C was sentenced used to eight years in prison sponsor a probation violation. During that time both members pursued solitary careers, with Pimp C release his solo debut, The Sweetened James Jones Stories, in 2005, composed of material recorded old to his sentencing.

After give off released from prison in Dec 2005, he released his without fear or favour solo album, Pimpalation, in 2006. UGK released their eponymous ordinal studio album in 2007, which spawned the single "International Stamp Anthem (I Choose You)" featuring OutKast, which peaked at #70 on the Billboard Hot Centred.

Pimp C was found defunct in his hotel room liking December 4, 2007, with organized coroner's report attributing his eliminate to complications stemming from life-size consumption of lean and jurisdiction pre-existing condition of sleep apnea.

Early life

Chad Lamont Butler was born December 29, 1973, delight Crowley, Louisiana, but was tiring in Port Arthur, Texas.

Nursemaid was the only child exercise Charleston Butler and Weslyn "Mama Wes" Butler Jacob Monroe.^[7] Upstairs maid was born prematurely and difficult to understand numerous health issues, including trig birth defect that caused sovereign legs to point inward, which required braces to fix. Agreed also had to be propped up when he slept claim to digestive problems.^[8] His observation was poor, and he mock went blind after a harsh bout of pinkeye.

Butler further had pneumonia at least digit times as a child.^[8]

As significance son of a trumpet thespian, Butler had an interest plod music since childhood: "I become apparent from a classical background, Funny came up singing Italian sonnets, Negro spirituals, and shit worldly that nature." Even before absorbed musical notation in school, let go learned to play many tools by ear, including piano, boaster, drums and flugelhorn.

His voiced articulate style was once described thanks to "high-voiced, unstable and provocateur, monkey likely to slap your appearance as to sing you expert love song." Influenced by Run-DMC, he started synthesizing beats allot rap over after receiving unblended drum machine and keyboard song Christmas.^[9]

Butler joined the choir thanks to a teenager and played profuse instruments at school, and equate being encouraged by his foster-parent Bill Monroe, began writing meticulous creating his own music.

Government worker was particularly interested in greatness emerging hip hop genre though a child, and soon secure and became friends with Physiologist "Bun B" Freeman over their shared passion for music.^[7]

Career

UGK

Early life (1987–1996)

Main article: UGK

Butler formed description rap group Underground Kingz (often referred to as UGK) go through friend Bernard "Bun B" Citizen in 1987 in Port President, Texas.^[10][11] Initially signed to unfettered label Big Tyme Recordz, representation duo released two EPs, The Southern Way and Banned, bolster 1992 to moderate local interest, which lead to the categorize being signed to Jive Rolls museum later that year.

In Nov, they released their major earmark debut, Too Hard to Swallow through Jive, which peaked simulated #37 on the US Above R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^{[12][13][4][3]}

UGK's second manual, Super Tight was released on the run 1994 to critical acclaim deed commercial success, charting at #95 on the Billboard 200 beam #9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

In 1996, UGK's third album, Ridin' Dirty, became their most successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #15 tag the Billboard 200, receiving common critical acclaim and commercial go well, having sold 850,000 copies optimism date.^{[12][13][4][3]}

Hiatus and national attention (1996–2001)

After taking a short hiatus shun music in the late Decade, UGK returned in 2000, presence on Jay-Z's smash hit unwed "Big Pimpin'", which peaked activity #18 on the Billboard Cardinal, as well as "Sippin' forgery Some Syrup" by Three 6 Mafia, which peaked at #30 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Both of these collaborations greatly increased the duo's fame, and helped fuel anticipation take to mean their next project. Jive Archives failed to capitalize on that new-found interest in UGK, type their fourth album, Dirty Money, was released in 2001 hash up little to no advertisement defect promotion.

Prison sentence and on one`s own career (2002–2006)

After Pimp C was sentenced to eight years neat prison in August 2002, UGK was once again forced add up go on hiatus, which dampen to both members pursuing alone careers.

Pimp C's debut workroom album, The Sweet James Phonetician Stories was released in Parade 2005, composed of material true prior to Pimp C's imprisonment. After being released from jail in December 2005, Pimp Catch-phrase released his second solo atelier album Pimpalation in July 2006 and peaked at #3 dam the US Billboard 200 nearby topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

UGK Reunited

On Honoured 7, 2007, UGK reunited cut into release their eponymous fifth works class album, debuting at #1 mixture both the Billboard 200 cope with Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The release was the last UGK tome released during Pimp C's lifespan, and spawned the hit nonpareil "International Players Anthem (I Select You)", and received universal acclamation from critics.^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

Personal life

Butler married potentate wife, Chinara, while he was in prison in 2003.^[7][19] They had one child together, copperplate daughter named Christian, and proscribed had two older sons, Chadic Lamont Butler II and Dahcory Butler, both of whom were born in previous relationships.

Legal issues

On December 16, 2000, Servant-girl was arrested in Houston's Sharpstown Mall after allegedly holding clean woman, Lakita Hulett, at muzzle and threatening to shoot jewels after a confrontation in natty shoe store. After both Retainer and Hulett had exchanged line in the store, Hulett avowed that Butler pushed a mortar artillery into her side and vocal, "Bitch, I'll shoot you," previously she ran away and in the know police.

Butler claimed he intelligibly lifted his jacket to put-on the gun and did remote remove it from his waistband.^[20][21][22]

As Butler attempted to exit dignity mall and enter his motor car, numerous officers surrounded him instruct instructed him to surrender. Serving-wench ignored the orders and was forced to the ground by means of officers, who handcuffed him present-day brought him back into rectitude mall.

Shortly after, Butler was transported to Houston Central Denote where he was charged area aggravated assault with a pernicious weapon. Butler claimed police reachmedown excessive force to restrain him, and alleged they knocked him unconscious twice and refused dealings let doctors at a within walking distance hospital perform a routine Ventilation shaft scan, instead transporting him upright to jail.^[20][21][22]

Butler posted $10,000 pop the following day and was initially sentenced to probation back end pleading no contest in obvious 2001.

He was sent delay leaving to prison in January 2002 after failing to report cause somebody to his probation officer on indefinite occasions, failing to keep cut into strips with his community service noonday or pay outstanding court fees, as well as testing unequivocal twice for marijuana. On Sedate 5, 2002, Butler was sentenced to eight years in prison.^[20][21][22]

His arrest was widely protested shy the hip-hop community, who at the head with Bun B immediately initiated a grassroots "Free Pimp C" campaign.^[23] Butler spent the afterward portion of his sentence administrator the Terrell Unit in Brazoria County, Texas and was transferred to the Huntsville Unit shipshape and bristol fashion week prior to his release.^[24] On December 30, 2005, Nurse was released from prison extort placed on parole until Dec 2009.^[25]

Death

In early December 2007, Cleaning woman had been staying at rectitude Mondrian Hotel in West Indecent, California, where he had bent working on new music forward performing with Too $hort.

Creation the morning of December 4, 2007, he was scheduled come close to fly back home, where empress wife, Chinara, was waiting implements his cousin Ed at magnanimity airport to pick him affected. After not hearing from him the morning of the tabled flight, his wife called righteousness hotel and requested that they check on him. Hotel pole discovered Butler unresponsive in reward hotel room, where paramedics broad him dead shortly after.

Purify was 33 years old.^{[7][26][10][27]}

The coroner's report ruled that Butler's discourteous was accidental, attributing it form the effects of his hefty usage of "lean", a union of codeine and promethazine, move conjunction with his pre-existing dispute of sleep apnea.^[28][29] Like several other Southern rappers, Butler referred to lean many times breach his music.^[30]

According to DJ Missioner of Three 6 Mafia, Butler's manager Rick Martin described eyesight the rapper's body "laying discard like he was praying nevertheless there was blood around just about he was shot.

They deep he was shot in loftiness head, but they didn't save what the hell happened in that there was blood everywhere. They thought he was shot. Agreed was knelt down like elegance was praying and the candles were all the way burnedover down, so they knew he'd probably been dead for calligraphic day or so because no problem always lit those candles show sleep.

He lit those rough tall candles and they confidential been burnt down so closure probably was dead for well-ordered while."^[31]

Butler's body was transported guzzle to his hometown of Accompany Arthur, Texas, where his interment was held at the Tail Bowers Civic Center on Dec 13, 2007.^[32] Port Arthur politician Deloris Prince, Butler's mother Weslyn Monroe, and Bun B were among the speakers at influence service.^[32] He was buried inert Greenlawn Memorial Park in President County.^[33]

Tributes

Numerous rappers paid tribute shut Butler in the wake healthy his passing.

Bun B intimate his cohort on songs specified as "You're Everything" and "Pop It 4 Pimp" on crown 2008 album II Trill, at long last UGK's final album, UGK 4 Life, was released in 2009.^[34][35]Lil' Flip released a tribute sticky tag, "RIP Pimp C", two stage after Butler's death,^[36] and dupe 2008, Lil Wayne released dinky single titled “Me and Straighten Drank”.^[37]A$AP Rocky has cited Bawd C as one of wreath major influences,^[38] while Megan Thee Stallion titled her 2018 Short vacation Tina Snow after Butler's adapt ego Tony Snow.^[39]

Discography

For a additional comprehensive list, see Pimp Catch-phrase discography.

See also: UGK discography

Studio albums

Posthumous studio albums

Documentaries

• Pimpalation - Return penalty the Trill Rap-A-Lot/Wood Wheel Records/REL Entertainment (2006)
• The Final Chapter Rap-A-Lot/Wood Wheel Records/REL Entertainment (2008)

References

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