Author Julia Beverly recently released her biography about Texas rap legend, Pimp C. In the Sweet Jones: Pimp C’s Trill Life Story, Beverly details the life of the UGK member and his influence on southern Hip Hop as a whole.
Recently speaking with HipHopDX Senior Features Writer Ural Garrett, Beverly described how well-connected Pimp was with the rest of the Hip Hop world.
“You could pick any rapper and you really could connect him to Pimp C either directly or indirectly,” she said via a segment of today’s (August 31) DX Daily. “You’ve got the Young Buck’s, the T.I.’s and the Lil Boosie’s making cameos. You’ve got the Dungeon Family story, the No Limit story, the Cash Money story and pimp plays a part in all of those stories.”
Also during the interview, Beverly spoke about Pimp C’s mother, Weslyn “Mama Wes” Monroe and her role as manager of the group.
“In the early days of UGK she became their road manager first and then their manager kind of by default when someone who was working with them went to prison,” she said. “You just picture this retired librarian who’s a grandmother becoming a rap group manager. Just that vision alone is funny.”
Julia Beverly also says the general reaction to her book has been good and that fans have told her the biography reads like a movie.
Watch the full DX Daily segment below:
R.I.P PIMP C
I read this article like a month ago yall weak as fuck for reposting this
Impossible. Interview took place today.
…………..lmao
Why do white people continually have to keep trying to insert themselves into black culture. Fuck this white fuck.
because we actually spent money in the record stores and the shows. look at any rappers show its a sea of white faces
Relax Dan.
Racist fuck, you must be Trump’s son.
Seems to me this woman Julia Beverly had the jungle fever.
Ooga booga you fuckin spear chuckers go back to africa!
Go back to eating that bag of baby dix
RIP Pimp C.
Macklemore – Otherside summarizes the problem with lean
Man not all white people are bad she prolly jam ugk too shit a white boy made some of his beats too Mike Dean so it’s all good
What the hell do white people know about books?
She used to hang out with UGK and Pimp C and a few other rappers. Just buy the book and you’ll know.
Oh and just google around. You’ll also find stuff about her and how this white girl knows about books.
she looks like “Snowflake” from “Don’t Be A Menace” The Mother of Mecca is right here before me.
I finished reading the book and I must say that Julia did an incredible job with the amount of research she put into this project. Pimp C’s mother ‘Mama Wes’ (RIP) provided a substantial amount of information because she was heavily involved with his career. I recommend this book because a portion of the proceeds will go toward financially supporting Pimp C’s children (unlike his new album) since Pimp’s manager Rick Martin took most of Pimp C’s money.