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Hot 97 Issues Apology After This Tweet About 'Pimp C'

The internet had so many questions...

Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam festivities on Sunday (May 10) brought out big names from all over hip-hop, including Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Swizz Beatz, Kendrick Lamar, Don Q and many more.

Unfortunately, the historic New York radio house mixed up one of those huge names as well: the late UGK legend Chad Lamont Butler, famously known as Pimp C. During the set from C’s Underground Kingz partner Bun B with radio personality Megan Ryte, the station introduced the former as Pimp C opening up the stage via Twitter. Needless to say, the tweet was quickly snatched down, and the station’s official Twitter handle issued a statement admitting to the “terrible error,” apologizing to the family and friends of C and Bun B and acknowledging their otherwise highest reverence of the UGK founding member.

Their action in response to the mistake was genuine and swift, but as was the face-palming reactions the internet had to the 68-character blunder. See what they had to say about the Summer Jam slip-up below.

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