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What is the cause of death of pimp C in underground rap UGK?

Pimp C, a 33-year-old member of the American underground rap group UGK, was found dead in a hotel room in Los Angeles by American police on Tuesday morning. It is reported that the deceased performed his last performance in Los Angeles last weekend, but there is no official news about the cause of death.

Pimp C died at the famous mondriaan Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. He died in his bed in his room. According to the telephone records of the hotel, he called the American police hotline 9 1 1 before he died. After hearing the news of pimp C's departure, some people in the American record industry issued mourning statements one after another. Barry Weiss, CEO of JIVE Records, the old version of UGK, his group, said: "We always thought that pimp C was really a thoughtful and capable singer, and we will deeply remember him as a pioneer role in rap music in the southern United States."

Pimp C, formerly known as Chad Bout, is known as the pioneer of hardcore rap in the southern United States. In 1980s, he and his partner Bernard Freeman founded the rap group UGK, which was successful in the late 1990s. In 2002, pimp C was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for assault and was released in 2005. Like many African-Americans, pimp C has a unique interest in China characters, with the words "Sui" and "fame and fortune" tattooed on his arm.