Bun B

Bun B (2008)

Bun B (born March 19, 1973 in Port Arthur , Texas ; actually Bernard Freeman ) is an American rapper who is currently under contract with Rap-A-Lot Records , an American hip-hop label in Houston .

Life

Bun B founded the formation UGK (Underground Kingz) together with rapper Pimp C at the end of the 80s . In 2000 he founded Mddl Fngz as a side project , but his main project remained UGK. That changed on January 28, 2002, when Pimp C was imprisoned for eight years for owning and selling guns. Pimp C was released early on December 30, 2005, on parole until 2009, but died on December 4, 2007.

In the meantime, Bun B had set up on his own and released his debut album Trill in 2005 , which reached number 6 on the US charts and received a gold record for more than 500,000 copies sold . Before the death of Pimp C, the duo UGK released the double CD Underground Kingz as their fifth studio album in 2007 .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		US
2005	Trill	US6th gold (24 weeks)US	Initial publication: September 13, 2005 US sales: 500,000+
2008	II trill	US2 (16 weeks) US	First published: May 20, 2008
2010	Trill OG	US4 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 3, 2010
2013	Trill OG: The Epilogue	US30 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 11, 2013
2018	Return of the Trill	US150 (1 week) US	First published: August 31, 2018

Mix tapes

• 2005: King of the Trill
• 2005: Legends (with Mddl Fngz)
• 2005: Whut It Dew (Vol. 2) (with Rapid Ric and Killa Kyleon)
• 2006: Gangsta Grillz: The Legends Series (Vol. 1) (with DJ Drama and Mddl Fngz)
• 2006: Texas Legends (with K-Sam)
• 2008: Bun House (with DJ Rell)
• 2010: No Mixtape

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Give Me That Savage Life	-	-	-	-	US29 (20 weeks) US	First published: January 22nd, 2005 (Webbie feat. Bun B)
	Check on It # 1’s	DE11 (16 weeks) DE	AT10 (19 weeks) AT	CH7 (26 weeks) CH	UK3 (16 weeks) UK	US1 (28 weeks) US	First published: December 13, 2005 ( Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug & Bun B)

More singles

• 2005: Draped Up (feat. Lil 'Keke )
• 2006: Git It ( feat.Ying Yang Twins )
• 2006: Trill Recognize Trill ( feat.Ludacris )
• 2006: Get Throwed ( feat.Pimp C , Z-Ro , Young Jeezy and Jay-Z )
• 2008: That's Gangsta ( feat.Sean Kingston )
• 2010: Trillionaire (feat.T -Pain )
• 2010: Put It Down ( feat.Drake )
• 2013: Fire (feat. Rick Ross , 2 Chainz and Serani)

Guest contributions (selection)

• 2007: My '64 - Mike Jones (with Snoop Dogg and Bun B)
• 2009: City Lights - Method Man and Redman (feat.Bun B)
• 2017: Candy Paint - Kodak Black (feat.Bun B)

Web links

Commons : Bun B  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bun B in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Bun B in the All Music Guide (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Awards: US