U.G.K. News

Let's take a trip back to 2006; T.I.'s "King" dropped and was an incredible document of how big southern rap could get.

Southern gangsta rappers Pimp C and Bun B formed UGK in the late '80s and signed to Jive Records for their major-label debut album, 1992's Too Hard to Swallow.

Can this "North of the Border" emcee finally get some love from American audiences? I'm trying to think of the last time I could salute BET for anything, and if I had to guess, it would probably be the brief ...

I assume that all of you, like me, have a craving for fresh, new music. Well, here is some to munch on.

Friday: The Melvins at Emo's . If you like big, sludgy chords that occasionally gallop into something that sounds like ZZ Top, you'll want to be seeing the Melvins.

"This is a huge night for me." So said Bun B backstage at Warehouse Live last Wednesday, shortly after receiving the third top-tier Houston Press Music Award of the night on behalf of UGK.

Tallahassee-based MC and vocalist T-Pain came up in a rap group called Nappy Headz but went pro as a solo R&B artist after he recorded "I'm F**ked Up," a personal take on Akon's Top Ten hit "Locked Up." Akon ...

Rapper Bun B rose to fame in the duo UGK. Bun B and Pimp C formed UGK in the late '80s when their former crew, Four Black Ministers, fell apart.

UGK is up for rap album, group and video. Bun B's solo work on II Trill earned him nods for rap artist and lyricist, and Pimp C is up for the tastemaker award, which honors a cultural trendsetter.

Virginia rap got a huge boost in 2006 with Clipse's stunning breakout, "Hell Hath No Fury" . The formerly-angry Skillz now drops another rich VA disc.

If rapper Lil Wayne was expecting his latest LP, Tha Carter III to spend a second-straight week as the US nation's best-selling release, he definitely underestimated the sales prowess of Coldplay.

Caption: Kanye West . The 2008 Hot 97 Summer Jam held at Giants Stadium. Rutherford, New Jersey US hip hop star Kanye West has picked up two Black Entertainment TV awards.

Kanye West and hip-hop group UGK have won two awards each at this year's Black Entertainment TV awards.

Are we really supposed to call them "T-Wayne"? Collaboration kings T-Pain and Lil Wayne - who have revealed plans to forge a supergroup together in the future - made a joint effort to move the crowd during last ...

Rap star Kanye West picked up two prizes on Tuesday at the BET Awards, an event honoring black recording artists, actors and athletes, while Alicia Keys was one of several stars who used the occasion to salute ...

Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and, in turn, a major-label executive following his ...

Back in 1987, when Pimp C and Bun B were first writing the rhymes that would become their debut cassette, The Southern Way , neither one of them would ever have dreamed that their music could grow into a ...

Billboard Charts: 3 Doors Down Open Up At #1 Posted by Mitch Michaels on 05.28.2008 Plus, new debuts by Bun B and Julianne Hough... 3 Doors Down debuts at #1 on the Billboard charts this week with their ...

After the death of Chad 'Pimp C' Butler, one half of the rap crew UGK, you might expect his partner Bun B to deliver a solemn tribute to his collaborator and friend.

Buy it from Insound Digg this article Add to del.icio.us Bun B is a solo artist not by choice but by necessity.