Daily entertainment news covering Bun B en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/07/soulja_boy_emerges_through_criticism_wit Thu, 07 May 2009 10:38:47 EST Entertainment News 121686@http://www.starpulse.com/news ATLANTA (AP) - Even though Soulja Boy had the world doing his eponymous dance two years ago thanks to the No. 1 sensation "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," the teenage rap star was still dismissed as a lightweight and even a joke in some rap circles,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/20/bun_b_still_grieves_for_pimp_c Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:57:08 EST Entertainment News 119130@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper Bun B turned to author Joan Didion's emotional book about the loss of her husband to help him overcome the death of his UGK bandmate Pimp C. Pimp C, real name Chad Butler,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/31/music_review_final_cd_ugk_eerie_and_ente Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:19:46 EST Entertainment News 116291@http://www.starpulse.com/news The sixth studio album from the Texas veteran rap group UGK is a sometimes eerie, explicitly funky final installment from the Southern hip-hop heavyweight duo.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/27/is_denver_big_enough_for_sean_penn_and_o Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:02:22 EST Entertainment News 96613@http://www.starpulse.com/news DENVER (AP) - Is this town big enough for both Sean Penn and the Obama Girl? Entertainers at all levels of political seriousness are finding their niches

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/13/fight_erupts_backstage_at_ozone_awards_s Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:19:35 EST Entertainment News 95502@http://www.starpulse.com/news Houston, Texas rappers Trae and Mike Jones stole the show at Monday's Ozone Awards by fighting backstage before the ceremony began. Jones was punched in the fracas,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/29/3_doors_down_claim_second_number_one_alb Thu, 29 May 2008 10:17:25 EST Entertainment News 88613@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rockers 3 Doors Down have scored their second number one album after taking their self-titled new release to the top of the Billboard charts

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/14/dizzee_rascal_pimp_c_got_me_through_hard Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:05:54 EST Entertainment News 71304@http://www.starpulse.com/news British rapper Dizzee Rascal has paid tribute to Pimp C, praising the late American hip-hop star for helping him through "hard times" when he was growing up. The 22-year-old - real name Dylan Mills - worked with Pimp C on Where's Da G's, for his latest album Maths And English.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/07/grammy_nods_for_dead_performers Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:16:13 EST Entertainment News 70572@http://www.starpulse.com/news Next year's Grammy Awards will be a sadder affair than usual - three artists nominated on Thursday have died. Rapper Pimp C has been given a nod in the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category for his collaboration with UGK pal Bun B on the tune International Players Anthem (I Choose You),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/30/check_out_papoose_s_latest_bang_it_out_f Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 53680@http://www.starpulse.com/news Born and raised in the notorious Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Papoose took his first jabs at being a rapper at the young age of 11. Given the name by his grandmother meaning "Indian baby", whom he resembled as a child, Papoose is the true definition of a real MC.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/07/young_buck_to_release_sophomore_album_ne Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:00:06 EST Entertainment News 28499@http://www.starpulse.com/news G-Unit's Southern Soldier Young Buck will release his sophomore solo album, "Buck The World," on March 20, 2007. It's been two and a half years since the Tennessee titan released his platinum plus solo debut Straight Outta Cashville, and he is more than ready to prove it was worth the wait.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/20/ali_aamp_gipp_s_kinfolk_drops_dec_12 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:36 EST Entertainment News 21888@http://www.starpulse.com/news Whether it's the best of both worlds or the best of both hoods, it seems like every month or so two artists from different parts of the hip-hop world are promising their fans they're going to do a whole collaborative album together. Few of them ever happen.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/15/ugk_drops_long_awaited_new_album_on_dece_1 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:52:24 EST Entertainment News 21556@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jive recording artist UGK returns after a long hiatus with their long awaited seventh album "U.G.K. Underground Kingz." Group members Bun B and Pimp C return with a double album that features twenty new tracks.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/29/ugk_drops_long_awaited_new_album_on_dece Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:30:00 EST Entertainment News 19712@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jive recording artist UGK returns after a long hiatus with their long awaited seventh album "U.G.K. Underground Kingz." Group members Bun B and Pimp C return with a double album that features twenty new tracks.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/16/ali_aamp_gipp_collaborate_with_nelly_cee Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:20:50 EST Entertainment News 13250@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Go 'Head," the first single off Ali & Gipp's album, Kinfolk is an anthemic summer song that combines "midwest swing" with southern crunk and is produced by up and coming St. Louis native Trife. "Gipp and I started hanging out a while back and found that we had a lot in common," says Ali.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/03/21/chicago_rappers_do_or_die_return_march_2 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:49:46 EST Entertainment News 4565@http://www.starpulse.com/news With ten years in the game and five albums to their credit, veteran Chicago rappers AK, Belo and Nard have done more than lived up to their namesake Do or Die. As one of the first hardcore reality rap group to emerge from the Windy City’s thriving rap scene Do or Die helped to define Chicago street rap as we know it.

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