Pimp's influence on southern Hip-Hop is still felt – including through his signature rhyme style, raw honesty, and his organ-heavy, blues-based production which is featured throughout UGK's string of classics, from their 1992 debut, Too Hard to Swallow, and Super Tight, to Ridin' Dirty, Dirty Money, and 2007's Underground Kingz. The latter birthed the instant classic "Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” with Outkast, which helped push the album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Earlier this year, Bun admitted that after Pimp C passed away, he had trouble performing UGK songs.
“Initially, when he passed away, I didn’t want to do day-one songs that would resonate in that way," he told HipHopDX shared. "I come from a community of people where grieving publicly was frowned upon. And so, so many people hold in so much pain. And what happens is that pain comes out at the worst time against the best people and it just puts people in a terrible place."
Pimp C, born Chad Butler, was found dead on December 4, 2007, in a Los Angeles hotel. He was 33.
