HOUSTON (AP) 鈥 Family and friends gathered at the funeral over the weekend for Houston rapper Big Pokey, an original member of the pioneering group Screwed Up Click.
Pokey, who was born Milton Powell, at the age of 48 after collapsing at a performance in Beaumont, located east of Houston. Those attending his service Saturday at Fountain of Praise church in Houston included Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and rappers Paul Wall, Trae Tha Truth and Slim Thug, the reported.
Pokey was known for Texas and Gulf Coast hits such as 鈥淏all N鈥 Parlay,鈥 鈥淲ho Dat Talking Down,鈥 and a verse on DJ Screw鈥檚 nearly 36-minute freestyle known as 鈥淛une 27th.鈥 He was also featured on Megan Thee Stallion鈥檚 2022 鈥淪outhside Royalty Freestyle.鈥
春色直播ly, Pokey was most known for a featured appearance on Wall鈥檚 2005 debut hit song, 鈥淪ittin鈥 Sidewayz.鈥 The chorus was sampled from Pokey鈥檚 verse on 鈥淛une 27th.鈥
Pokey, who grew up in Houston, began garnering local fame in the late 1990s as an original member of the Screwed Up Click, a friend group-turned-rap collective led by DJ Screw, who developed a slowed, pitched-down music style known as 鈥渃hopped and screwed,鈥 which become synonymous with Houston.
Pokey released his debut album, 鈥淗ardest Pit in the Litter鈥 in 1999 and 鈥淒a Game 2000鈥 the following year.
