Reports have surfaced that UGK member Pimp C is dead

According to TMZ, Pimp C  was found dead in a bed in his room at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood, California. The site claims the Houston rapper, whose real name is Chad Butler, was 33 years old.

Pimp C and his partner in rhyme, Bun B, released their seventh group album titled U.G.K. Underground Kingz earlier this year . The set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. 

It was the group's first project together since Pimp C’s 2005 release from prison. During Pimp C’s incarceration, Bun B released a solo album titled Trilla.  Pimp C would release his solo project, Pimpalation, in 2006.