Promethazine is referred to as "zazz" on Baltimore streets, as in "let's get zazzed". This combination of drugs played a role in the death of rapper Pimp C, who had sung with Three 6 Mafia and Underground Kingz about mixing promethazine and codeine in the hit song "Sippin' On Some Sizzurp." Pimp C stopped breathing from an overdose of the mixture on December 4, 2007, he also suffered from sleep apnea which played a major role in his death. The combination of his breathing disorder and the shallow breathing the syrup causes proved to be a lethal combination. DJ Screw and Big Moe, also of Southern Texas fame, also died with high levels of promethazine/codeine/alcohol in their blood stream.