Rapper Pimp C
, whose real name is Chad Butler, one-half of the veteran Houston rap group UGK, was found dead in a room at the Mondrian hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. He was 33.Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner's office said Butler had apparently died in bed. "At this time there's no signs of foul play," Winter said. "It appears to be possibly natural, but pending autopsy and toxicology we can't say the cause."
Butler had been in Los Angeles to work on his next solo album for Rap-A-Lot Records, according to James Prince, the Houston-based label's CEO. He is survived by a wife and three children.
