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Bun B Honored The Victims Of The Uvalde Shooting With A Moment Of Silence During Verzuz With 8Ball & MJG
It’s been a big night in dirty south hip-hop, as the music of Houston rap duo UGK faced off against that of Memphis’ 8Ball & MJG on the Verzuz stage tonight. Representing UGK was one-half of the duo, Bun B, who is originally from Port Arthur, Texas. Before kicking of the hotly-anticipated Verzuz, Bun took time to honor the victims of the school shooting.
“Before we get started, [DJ Greg] Street, if that’s alright, I wanted to take a moment of silence,” said Bun to the crowd. “21 seconds of silence to honor the 21 victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. If you have a hat on, I ask that you take your hat off.”
The room then went silent for a full 21 seconds.
Before calling for a moment of silence, Bun shouted out his late bandmate, Pimp C. “You already know we doing this for the Pimp,” he said.
Earlier this week, Bun took to his Instagram story (per iHeart) to call for change in regards to gun laws. “Let’s see what we are really made of as a country now,” Bun said. “They’re killing our babies! How many more have to die before we make some real changes?”
You can watch the full Verzuz here.
8Ball & MJG is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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Bun B, Tobe Nwigwe, and More Appear at SXSW UnitedMasters x Earn Your Leisure Pop Up Event
UnitedMasters and Earn Your Leisure podcast teamed for the Earn Your Masters (EYM) pop-up event at SXSW. The experience combined education, music, and entertainment and was presented by Ally.
The event took place at Austin’s Mala Vida, with Ally and EYL panels exploring equality in Black superheroes, NFTs, Blockchain, Web 3.0, and more during the day, and significant performances from Tobe Nwigwe, Bun B, BigXthaPlug, OG Ron C, and Chase B during the evening.
Bun B, a businessman, rapper, and half of the UGK rap group, joined EYL’s Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal on stage to talk about his experiences in the music industry over the years, the parallels between hip-hop and religion, and more.
“You’re not just an artist, you have a business, too,” Bun B shared during the event. “So you have to know not just what it takes to produce a record and get it mixed and mastered and all that. That’s 2%. That’s the easy part. You don’t even have to be good to make successful music. But you do have to be smart to build a successful business. Before you do the art, know the business.”
You can see images from the event below.
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Bun B And Cory Mo Joint Album ‘Mo Trill’ Is Out Now
Fresh off a record-breaking performance during Rodeo Houston, Bun B is keeping the momentum going with new album. On March 11, the same day Bun B and friends rocked the NRG Stadium in front a crowd of 73,000 plus, the Trill OG and Houston’s legendary producer Cory Mo teamed up for a new album Mo Trill.
The new collaborative album from the the two Texas stars is an 11-track album that includes a star-studded guest list. Cory Mo executive produced this project and has features from Slim Thug, Lil Keke, Big K.R.I.T., Trae Tha Truth, Z-Ro, Larry June, Le$, Devin The Dude, Benny The Butcher, 2 Chainz, Wale, and Cee-Lo Green.
The lead single of Mo Trill, “Hesitate,” is also out now with a video to go along with it. “Hesitate” features Talib Kweli, David Banner and Tobe Nwigwe.
This is the 6th full-length album from Port Arthur veteran Bun B, and the first release since since last year’s Distant EP with Le$. The one half of the iconic duo UGK made his solo debut with the release of Trill in 2005. He then became a permanent solo act a few months after UGK’s self-titled double album when his partner Pimp C died in 2007.
He went on to release four more albums with the last one being Return of The Trill. Now the Trill is back adding more to his legendary resume with Mo Trill.
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Bun B and Friends Draws Crowd of 73,000+ For RodeoHouston H-Town Takeover Show
As Bun B concluded is performance for Black Heritage Night during RodeoHouston, he knew that he just did something that probably wouldn’t be duplicated. As he rode on the Ford F 150 exiting the NRG Stadium, tears shed as he thanked people for attending. He didn’t just thanked fans for coming out, he thanked them for being apart of this historical night. A night not only dedicated to him, but dedicated to Houston’s entire Hip Hop culture.
“Some artists, myself included, were brought to tears by this opportunity,” Bun told ABC 13. “For many years as an entertainer, I had high aspirations, but the rodeo was never on that list. I just didn’t think that was a place that would be accepting of me and 30 years later, boy was I wrong.”
The Trill OG, told Houston CultureMap that he “didn’t want to didn’t want anyone to have a good reason not to come to this show.” Despite temperatures being in the 40 with a 70 percent chance to rain on March 11, the day of Bun B’s H-Town Takeover concert, everybody still came. He pulled off record-breaking numbers in fact.
His concert drew in a crowd of 73,259 fans, and as of today, that’s the largest crowd of any 2022 rodeo concerts. Another historical milestone attendees witness at RodeoHouston was that Bun B became the first Black male headliner from Houston in Rodeo Houston’s history.
Bun added, “There was a concerted effort to include as many Houstonians in this show as possible.” Let’s just say mission accomplished. The H-Town Takeover concert included the heavy hitters of Houston Hip Hop. Bun brought out, That Girl Lay Lay, Z-Ro, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Lil Ke Ke, Lil Flip, Tobe Nwigwe, LeToya Luckett, Devin the Dude, Baby Bash, Big Pokey, Frankie J, Willie D, J. Prince, ESG, and H-Town.
Paul Wall, the People’s Champ, also felt emotional being apart of this.
“It was such a surreal moment,” he said. “Performing in my hometown, with my idols and mentors, at the biggest stage imaginable, and on my birthday at that.”
Wall and Luckett shared birthdays on this date and Bun asked fans to sing “Happy Birthday” to them.
“It’s been difficult to choose my favorite aspect of the show, but the birthday song really touched my heart. Behind my Versace shades, I was holding back a few tears of gratitude,” Wall added.
Along with the star-studded line up, Bun also brought the culture to the rodeo. He brought out all kinds of slabs, with elbows poking and pop trunk waving. Slabs, elbows and pop trunk are all H-town slang for the make up of your car. A slab is slang for your customized car. Elbows are swangers, the Texas Wide Wheel rims that make your car a slab, and pop trunk is the act of waving a trunk. This is accomplished by a a computerized mechanism that allows a driver to open their trunk without a key. This allows the driver to ride with the trunk as high or low as they want.
He also paid respect to the legendary lost rappers of the Houston culture. He paid special homage to Screwed Up Click founder “DJ Screw, the other half of UGK Pimp C, Fat Pat, Big Hawk, and Big Mello.
Bun B honored the legacy of Pimp C in another way as well. He not only recited verse from “Big Pimpin,” and the “International Players Anthem,” but he also made sure he got his own dressing room for RodeoHouston.
Bun B and Pimp C formed UGK – Underground Kingz – as teenagers growing up in Port Arthur and hit it big when their classic album Too Hard to Swallow dropped in 1992. They followed that up with more classic albums like Super Tight in 1994 and Ridin’ Dirty in 1996.
Pimp C died in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2007.
whole dressing room left open for pimp c, with selena right across keeping watch
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— Sama’an Ashrawi (@SamaanAshrawi) March 11, 2022
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Bun B Announces New Radio Show Dedicated To Southern Hip-Hop Scene
UGK‘s Bun B is repping for his region. The Texas native went online to reveal a new show he had coming focused on Southern hip-hop. Bun B Announces New Radio Show Bun took to his Instagram account with the big announcement. He revealed the 2 Trill Show, which premieres on April 14. It comes out […]
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