It is an undoubted fact that music can represent for us that unconditional friend that accompanies us in the moments when we need it most and that even brings a smile to our faces when it seems that no one else can do it. That is why professionals dedicated to it can reach high levels of popularity. One of the best known voices in this regard has been that of Big Pokey. Born on November 29, 1977 in Houston, Texas, he was an American rapper who has owed much of his popularity to having been part of the original members of ‘Screwed Up Click‘.
It is precisely because of the relevance of his musical career that, over the years, we have been able to receive a lot of information about his professional life. However, we will not do it anymore and this is something that is generating the sadness of many of his followers. For this reason, from Look At The Square we have compiled all the information you need to be able to understand what has happened to the rapper during one of his concerts.
This was Big Pokey
Before we delve into more specific aspects of his life and talk about them, it is important that we do a review of his early years. He was born with the name Milton Powell, but over the years he decided to change it to the artistic name with which, to this day, he is known to a large part of the world and his followers.
Since he was very young, he began to show that he had a real passion and interest in everything related to music. In this sense, he started rapping with Houston producer DJ Screw in the early 90s, and it was then when his career as a singer of chopped and screwed music was taking shape and taking its first steps towards worldwide success.
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Big Pokey’s successful musical career
Continuing along the same lines, Big Pokey released the album that would mark his debut in the music industry in the year 1999, under the title ‘Hardest Pit in the Litter‘. A year later he returned with ‘D-Game 2000‘, another of the artist’s albums that managed to achieve great success among his followers.
The year 2001 was marked by his collaboration with Wreckshop Wolfpack for ‘Tha Collabo‘. In this way, Big Pokey has been generating great success and contributing relevant titles to the world of street music. Some of them are, for example, ‘Da Sky’s Da Limit‘, ‘Sittin Sidewayz‘ by Paul Wall, or ‘Who Dat Talking Down‘. The latter also appeared in the pilot episode of the HBO series ‘Entourage‘.
What happened to Big Pokey in the middle of a concert?
A few hours ago, the media have been flooded with news about Pokey that has left all his fans in shock. It happened this past Sunday, June 18, in a bar in Beaumont, Texas, while he was giving one of his concerts.
As confirmed by his team and reported by the media ‘The Guardian‘, the rapper suffered a fainting spell on stage and, as a result, has lost his life. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our beloved Milton ‘Big Pokey’ Powell,” reads the statement from his team.
At only 45 years old, the music world has had to say goodbye, without warning, to one of the great voices that highlighted the international spectrum of urban music. Now, his fans will have to continue to extend his legacy with each of the contributions that the artist has made to the world in this sense. May he rest in peace.