Members of the Houston hip-hop community said their goodbyes and celebrated the life of local hero Big Pokey at a memorial service over the weekend.
The funeral took place Saturday at Fountain Praise church in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle. Big Pokey, whose legal name was Milton Powell, died June 18 after collapsing onstage during a Juneteenth show at a bar in Beaumont, Texas.
The influential rapper and original member of hip-hop collective Screwed Up Click was 48. No cause of death has been given.
