HOUSTON — Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who carried out below the title Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the town’s hip-hop scene, died after collapsing throughout a present in Texas, a neighborhood official stated Monday.

Tom Gillam III, a justice of the peace in Jefferson County, the place Powell was performing when he collapsed Sunday, stated an post-mortem to find out the reason for loss of life was pending. He stated Powell was 48.

Powell was a member of Houston’s rap collective Screwed Up Click that was shaped by the late DJ Screw. Powell was acting at a bar in Beaumont known as Pour09, whose proprietor, Min Dai, instructed the Houston Chronicle that police had been on onsite and in a position to present medical assist “instantly” earlier than emergency responders rushed the rapper to a hospital.

An announcement on Powell’s official Instagram web page stated he was “well loved by his family, friends, and his loyal fans.”

Tributes from different artists poured in throughout social media.

Rapper Bun B known as Powell “one of the most naturally talented artists” in Houston.

“He’d pull up, do what he had to do and head home. One of the pillars of our city,” Bun B stated on Instagram.

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