Bun B

Posted on 04.25.2006

Bun B
Real name: Bernard Freeman
Birthday: March 19, 1973
UGK

Bun B is one half, with Pimp C, of Southern hip hop act UGK from Port Arthur, Texas. He now resides in Houston where he is a member of Rap-A-Lot Records, a notorious underground hip hop label.

With Houston’s emergence as a hip hop hotbed in 2005, Bun made guest appearances on numerous albums by Houston rappers as well as other artists throughout the south. Among his more notable collaborations are ’3 Kings’ by Slim Thug (also featuring T.I., ’They Don’t Know’ by Paul Wall featuring Mike Jones, ’Gimme That’ by Webbie, and ’23-Hr Lockdown’ by the Ying Yang Twins. Bun B & Pimp C were featured on Jay-Z’s single "Big Pimpin’". Bun B is also featured in the remix of Beyoncé’s 2005 single, Check On It. He also made his mark on albums from other regions including Lil’ Kim’s ’The Naked Truth’ (’We Don’t Give A Fuck’) and Beanie Sigel’s The B.Coming (’Purple Rain’).

Bun B and Pimp C formed UGK in the late ’80s when their former crew, Four Black Ministers, fell apart. Based in Port Arthur, Texas, UGK signed with Jive and with 1992’s Too Hard to Swallow began a series of Southern gangsta rap albums that were successful sellers. Bun B formed the side project Mddl Fngz in 2000 but his main concern was still UGK.

Things came to halt in 2001 when Pimp C was sentenced to eight years in prison on an aggravated gun assault charge. Bun B carried on solo, making numerous appearances on other artists’ tracks and then releasing both the mixtape Legends and his debut album Trill in 2005. He is also known for stating "Free Pimp C" "Free The Pimp" or words to that effect in nearly every song he has made or been featured on since the incarceration of his bandmate Pimp C.

Bun B Discography:

Bun B Albums
Bun B "Trill" (2005)

Bun B Singles

"Git It" (feat. Ying Yang Twins) Trill/U.S.A. (United States of Atlanta: Still United)
"Get Throwed" (feat. Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy, & Jay-Z)
"Draped Up" (feat. Lil’ Keke)
"Draped Up Remix"(Feat. Lil’ Keke, Aztek, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Lil’ Flip & Z-Ro)

Bun B Guest Appearances:
"As The World Turns" by 50 Cent feat. UGK
"Southern Boy" by Big Tymers w/ Lil’ Wayne
"Ghetto Life" by Birdman a.k.a. Baby w/ 6 Shot
"Purple Rain (An Ode To Sizzurp)" by Beanie Sigel
"Check On It" by Beyonce w/ Slim Thug
"Forever Grippin’ The Grain" by Bone Crusher w/ Lil’ Flip
"No Snitchin’" by Chamillionaire
"Picture Perfect" by Chamillionaire
"South Texas" by D.O.W.N.
"Take Your" by David Banner w/ Too Short & Jazze Pha
"My Music" by Dem Franchize Boyz
"4 O’Clock In The Morning" by Devin The Dude w/ The Middle Fingaz
"Rep Yo City" by E-40 w/ Lil’ Jon, Petey Pablo, Eightball
"White Gurl" by E-40 w/ UGK & Juelz Santana
"She Says She Loves Me" by E-40 feat. Bun B & Eightball
"Ball And Bun" by Eightball
"The Streets" by Eightball & MJG
"Bump This In Yo Cadillac (Remix) by Froze w/ Mike Jones & Twista
"Big Pimpin’" by Jay-Z w/ UGK
"Rock Like That" by Juvenile
"Kodak Moment (Remix)" by Kavious w/ Pastor Troy
"Re-Akshon" by Killer Mike w/ Bone Crusher & T.I.
"Platinum Stars" by Lil’ Flip w/ Chamillionaire
"Diamonds" by Lil’ Jon w/ MJG
"Grand Finale" by Lil’ Jon w/ Nas, Ice Cube, T.I. & Jadakiss
"Game Over (Flip) (Remix)" by Lil’ Flip w/ Young Buck
"Chunk Up The Duece" by Lil’ Keke w/ Paul Wall & UGK
"Oh Buddy" by Lil’ Keke & Slim Thug
"We Don’t Give A F**k" by Lil’ Kim w/ Twista
"24’s" by Magic w/ Mike Jones
"Know What I’m Sayin’" by Mike Jones w/ Lil’ Keke
"Sittin’ On" by The Never Again Family
"Trill" by Paul Wall w/ B.G.
"They Don’t Know" by Paul Wall w/ Mike Jones
"King Kong" by Self Scientific
"I Ain’t Heard Of That" by Slim Thug w/ Pharrell
"3 Kings" by Slim Thug w/ T.I.
"Front Back" by T.I. feat. UGK
"Gimme That" by Webbie
"Hold Up" by Webbie
"23 Hour Lock Down" by The Ying Yang Twins
"Trap Or Die" by Young Jeezy
"Over Here" by Young Jeezy
"Pussy Ass Niggaz" by T.I.

UGK Discography
2004: UGK Chopped and Screwed
2003: Best of UGK
2002: Side Hustles
2001: Dirty Money
1996: Ridin’ Dirty
1994: Super Tight
1992: Too Hard to Swallow
1988: Banned

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