Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, and I wouldn't post if it was only TMZ saying so, but Miss Info has also confirmed it is true:
Rapper Pimp C Found Dead in Hollywood Hotel Room tmz
Pimp C, real name Chad Butler -- and one half of the rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room this morning. He was 33.
L.A. County Fire responded to a 911 call at the Mondrian Hotel, located on trendy Sunset Strip in Hollywood. They arrived to his sixth floor hotel room to find him dead in bed...