The widow of Chad "Pimp C." Butler is speaking out against a recent lawsuit filed by Rap-A-Lot Records in court, over the late rapper's master recordings. Rap-A-Lot Records 2K filed the legal action against Chinara Butler on June 17th, claiming that she was withholding 10 master recordings of unreleased material by Pimp C. that the label contractually owns. The lawsuit was filed after Chinara Butler sent Rap-A-Lot a cease and desist letter regarding the use of Pimp C.'s music, name and likeness for an upcoming album. In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Chinara Butler broke her silence regarding the Rap-A-Lot lawsuit and the struggles she has experienced since Pimp C. died of sleep apnea and drug use, in December of 2007. According to Chinara, she is not feeling the selection of music for an upcoming album tentatively titled Still Pimpin' featuring unreleased recordings by Pimp C. "I don't feel like we should try to do something new with Chad's music, if he didn't do it," Chinara Butler explained to AllHipHop.com. According to Chinara, lack of communication is one of the reasons the legal actions on both sides have started. "I think its been about three years or so since we [Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince] had contact and we got together and we talked about what he wanted to do and what I wanted to do," Chinara Butler said.
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