Bun B Interview Vibe

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60 RAPPERS IN 60 DAYS: Bun B

Bun B clarifies what he told Vibe about there being only 6 rappers that are actually making money right now:

-Jay-Z
-Kanye West
-Lil Wayne
-Young Jeezy
-T.I.
-Ludacris

Honorable mentions to Flo-Rida, Soulja Boy, as well as will.i.am.

I can’t sit around, thinking I’m all that, cause I was on Big Pimpin’, that was 10 years ago.. what did you do yesterday G?

Texas’ trillest rap veteran has a hectic schedule
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Bun B is busy. Between hopping on your favorite rapper’s songs and a year-round touring schedule, the surviving half of UGK hasn’t even had time to work on his third solo effort yet. Since the release of his legendary duo’s booming last album, 4 Life (Jive), Bun’s featured on the year’s best mixtape, and will show up on a gang of upcoming cuts. Right before he jumped on a plane to Toronto to perform with Drake, Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, 36, dialed up VIBE to talk about why Houston isn’t the only city with a rap problem, why hip hop of the future won’t be labeled, and spilled the beans on the songs he’ll feature on this summer—if he can remember all of them.

VIBE: Texas had a hot streak a while back with Slim Thug, Mike Jones, and Paul Wall. It’s slowed down a bit since then. How do you feel about Texas’ place in rap?

Bun B: I wonder if people who ask Southern artists that [also] ask West coast artists or Midwest artists or New York artists that, because all those regions are falling off. Hip hop, in general, doesn’t have the demand power it used to in any region. We had a good run in Houston, but every region’s in trouble. There are really only six people making money off rap music. Everybody knows that.

Who is the artist most likely to bring the light back to Houston?

I definitely think that Z-Ro is on the brink of becoming a national superstar. It’s pretty much up to him to decide whether he goes as far as he wants to go. The only thing holding Z-Ro back is Z-Ro.

You were on the year’s hottest mixtape—Drake’s So Far Gone. What do you think he brings to hip hop?
Bun B clarifies what he told Vibe about there being only 6 rappers that are actually making money right now:

-Jay-Z
-Kanye West
-Lil Wayne
-Young Jeezy
-T.I.
-Ludacris
dj lantern

I can’t sit around, thinking I’m all that, cause I was on Big Pimpin’, that was 10 years ago.

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