Legendary Rapper Bun B drop Jewels at SxSW Noisemaker Forum
Submitted by Southern Shift on Fri, 2010-03-19 12:46
Authored by Davey D
Legendary rapper Bun B of UGK came through SxSW's Noisemakers show case for a candid Q&A with Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 radio in New York. Bun talked about the humble beginnings of UGK starting out in the small town of Port Arthur. He noted that his early influences were Kool G Rap and members of the Juice Crew. He said KRS-1 had the biggest influence on him as an emcee.
Bun noted that very few emcees have not been influenced by KRS...
He also attributed the independent grind of Texas to being inspired by Oakland which was on the indy game early on... He breaks down the reason why and how that happened...
in this excerpt Bun B talks to Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 about his appreciation for all the Houston/ Texas artists who came together and help keep UGK's name uplifted when Pimp C was in jail...
He talks about how the campaign to 'Free Pimp C' was actually inspired by Eminem who was out and about campaigning for the release of Tony Yayo... Bun noted how artists like Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Mike Jones and others would invite him to be on shows and go on tour as a way to help keep the name out there... Bun also talks about how Pimp C's artist Lil Boosie and Lil Webbie helped open doors especially when Webbie did the song Gimme Dat...
