Texas Music News — July 30, 2026
Bun B is bringing UGK’s Ridin’ Dirty back to life for one night. It’s been thirty years since he and Pimp C turned Port Arthur into a hip-hop landmark.
Bun B and Pimp C released Ridin’ Dirty in 1996 as UGK. It remains one of Southern hip-hop’s defining records. The album had no singles and no music videos pushing it. Even so, it cracked the Billboard 200 and sold more than 67,000 copies in its first week. Nearly three decades later, it still sounds like a snapshot of Houston: hustling, survival, and small-town dreams turned larger than life.
On Saturday, August 1, Bun B and friends will mark the anniversary. They’re calling it “Still Ridin’ Dirty,” and it happens at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas. Chamillionaire, Lil’ Keke, Killa Kyleon, Big K.R.I.T., Slim Thug, David Banner, and 8Ball & MJG all join him on stage. Organizers expect more surprise guests too. “This is something that we are putting a lot of thought into and trying to be very intentional about because it’s a once in a lifetime experience,” Bun B said. “I’m still putting it back a bit that this is actually 30 years.”
Bun B Still Feels Pimp C in the Room
Pimp C died in 2007. Bun B says he and his team chose the guest list carefully, to honor him. “There are a lot of people who care about Pimp and miss him as I do, so we are very careful about who we allow to be involved with this,” he said. He and Pimp C never argued over music, he added, because “our identities were very clearly defined on all the music.” So the show doesn’t dwell on grief. “We are here to celebrate,” Bun B said.
Bun B credits Houston with everything that came after Port Arthur. “I’ve been given so much from this city,” he said — the same city that gave Houston’s Third Ward a legend in Beyoncé. Thirty years after Ridin’ Dirty, Houston is giving it back to Bun B, too.
Details at Houston Press.
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