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Bun B is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur born in 1973. While one source lists his place of birth as New Orleans, another identifies it as Port Arthur, Texas. He resides in Houston and speaks English. His professional career began in 1987, and he has worked with Atlantic Records and Asylum Records.
His musical style encompasses Southern hip-hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip-hop, and the Houston sound. He is associated with tags such as Dirty South and southern rap. Bun B performs using his voice and has been employed by Rice University.
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Port Arthur, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Freeman (born March 19, 1973) better known by his stage name Bun B, is an American rapper and was one half of the southern hip hop duo UGK (UnderGround Kingz). He is also a guest lecturer at Rice University located in Houston, Texas. He recently released his third official solo album Trill OG on August 3, 2010, which received a 5 Mic "Classic"…
Known for
- As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial — Self2024
- Hip-Hop and the White House2024
- IMPACT x Nightline: It's Beyoncé Country — Self2024
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self2023
- Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding — Self2022
- Mo — Priest2022
- How To NOT Release An Album In 9 Steps? — Self2021
- Hip Hop Family Christmas — Self2021
- 05 — Self2021
- Candy — Mr. Mack2017
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973
Discography
- Live! From da Manjah2000
- Draped Up2005
- King of the Trill2005
- Trill2005
- II Trill2008
- Southern Royalty2008
- No Mixtape2010
- Trill O.G.2010
- Check the Sign2013
- Trill O.G.: The Epilogue2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 563,674
- Total plays
- 4,149,821
Tags
Rapper Bun B (born Bernard Freeman) rose to fame in the duo UGK. 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 2003 when Pimp C was sentenced to eight years in prison on a
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- record producer
- Employer
- Rice University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hardcore hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Asylum Records
- Official website
- www.bunbonline.com
- Image
- Bun B 2025.jpg
- Residence
- Houston
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- Bun B
- date of birth
- 1973-03-19
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- pseudonym
- Bun B
- social media followers
- 133000
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