Pimp C's death ruled accidental

LOS ANGELES, CA Captain Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner's office says Monday that 33-year-old Chad Butler suffered from sleep apnea and his condition reacted badly with codeine-containing cough medicine he took. Butler's body was found in a West Hollywood hotel room in December.

Winter says the levels of promethazine and codeine cough syrup in the rapper's system "were not that of an overdose."

Pimp C, a native of Port Arthur, Texas, was one-half of the pioneering Southern rap duo UGK, or Underground Kingz. The group's self-titled CD topped the Billboard charts last year.