Topic: Pimp C overdosed on 'syrup' ingredients
- Feb 5, 2008 07:47pm by yady - amateurs practice till they get it right, professionals practice till they cant get it wrong.
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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Influential Southern rapper Pimp C died of an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs he had named in his lyrics -- codeine and promethazine, the county coroner's office ruled Monday.
Pimp C, who was found dead in December, was an influential Southern rapper.
The drugs are key ingredients in "syrup," a narcotic of choice in Southern rap circles that was most famously celebrated by Three 6 Mafia and Pimp C's group Underground Kingz in the 2000 single "Sippin' on some Syrup."
The coroner's office said Pimp C had sleep apnea, which causes people to stop breathing for up to 30 seconds at a time while sleeping. That illness combined with large amounts of prescription-strength cough syrup is what killed the rapper, coroner's Capt. Ed Winter said.
DJ Screw, another influential figure in the Texas hip-hop scene, died of a heart attack in 2000 after a reported overdose of codeine-laced cough syrup.
Pimp C, born Chad Butler, was 33 when he was found in his bed December 4 at the upscale Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood. The coroner's office said his body was decomposing when it was found.
With partner-in-rhyme Bun B, Pimp C was half of the pioneering Port Arthur, Texas-based rap duo UGK. The group's self-titled CD topped the Billboard charts last year. Pimp C had been working on a solo effort before he died. E-mail to a friend
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
- Feb 5, 2008 11:06pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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Wow...
- Feb 5, 2008 11:31pm by _DEMENCHA_
apnea is really common and millions of americans suffer from it.
- Feb 6, 2008 12:12am by sixer
Brilliant. Fucking brilliant...
- Feb 6, 2008 01:02am by Deta!L - I just said that so you would stop bothering me.
[quote:36db45a86f="_DEMENCHA_"]apnea is really common and millions of americans suffer from it.[/quote:36db45a86f]
EMC suffers from it
you're my boy blue
- Feb 7, 2008 01:34am by Blam Location: Kansas City, MO
that stuff is really good if you don't take as much as he did.
~R.I.P Pimp C~
