Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Born Milton Powell, the 48-year-old rapper collapsed onstage during a Juneteenth weekend performance at Pour09, a ...

Beaumont Police were dispatched to Pour09 Bar & Rooftop to assist fire and EMS from 12:03 a.m. to 12:43 a.m. early Sunday morning. Milton Powell, 48, better known by his stage name Big Pokey, made an ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A bar in Beaumont will be celebrating their two-year anniversary with a tribute to a Houston rapper who died. On Sunday, June 18, 2023, Beaumont Police were dispatched to Pour09 Bar ...

The Houston rap community is mourning the loss of Big Pokey who died on Sunday (June 18), a day after collapsing during his performance on Saturday night (June 17). Details surrounding his death are ...

In a graphic video making the rounds online, Big Pokey is rapping to a crowd at the Pour 09 Bar when he suddenly collapses. Someone rushes to his aid as he lays on the ground then the video cuts off.

Beloved Houston rap legend Big Pokey collapsed and died while performing on stage in neighboring Beaumont on Saturday, June 17, 2023. He was 45 years old. Pokey, who was born in H-town as Milton ...

The recording artist, a founding member of the Screwed Up Click collective, more recently appeared on Megan Thee Stallion's 2022 track “Southside Royalty Freestyle." A cause of death is not yet known.

To those who knew and worked with him, Houston rapper Big Pokey was a "mountain of a man," a "trendsetter" and "one of the greats." Pokey, whose given name was Milton Powell, died Sunday at the age of ...

Among those paying their respects to the rapper, a week after he collapsed onstage and died, were Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and rappers Paul Wall, Trae Tha Truth and ...