She left the group to focus on solo material in the early ... won the Best Original Song Oscar for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Craig Brewer’s “Hustle & Flow.” ...

This year’s Oscars marks the 10th anniversary of when the film’s lead track, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” written by the Memphis group Three 6 Mafia, won the award for best song ...

While Bun B was the regal and imposing straight man of the group, the late Pimp C brought an unhinged menace that was simply relentlessly entertaining. Not only was the man born Chad Butler the ...

Pimp C's death came during a commercial peak for his duo UGK, a Port Arthur-based group that was a pioneering hip-hop force in Houston. He and rapper Bun B (Bernard Freeman) released a two-CD opus ...

The group scored an Oscar milestone by bringing the first rap/hip-hop song to the broadcast when it performed "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," which earned a best original song nomination for ...

Bun B has a message for everyone: Keep Pimp C's name out of your mouth. The Texas rapper, who made up the legendary early-aughts rap duo UGK with Pimp C, made the request on his Instagram on Jan ...