Rapper Big Pokey has died at the age of 45 after collapsing on stage in Texas. The artist, real name Milton Powell, passed away on Sunday, according to a post on his verified Instagram account.

"One of the pillars of our city," Bun B wrote in a tribute to Big Pokey Bob Levey/Getty Big Pokey, the Houston rapper and founding member of the Screwed Up Click collective, has died.

Big Pokey, the pioneering Houston rapper who helped transform the city’s hip-hop scene, has died after collapsing onstage Saturday. He was 48. Big Pokey, whose legal name was Milton Powell ...

Houston-born rapper Big Pokey, real name Milton Powell, has died at the age of 45, it has been confirmed. The rapper allegedly fell to the floor during a performance in Texas on Saturday ...

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Rapper Big Pokey, an early member of Houston’s Screwed Up Click hip-hop collective, which helped pioneer the city’s groundbreaking “chopped and screwed” style, died on Sunday, according to ...

Big Pokey, a Houston rapper and original member of the city's pioneering Screwed Up Click, died Sunday after collapsing during a performance, a representative confirmed to USA TODAY. The musician ...