Big Pokey

• Name — Big Pokey • Birth Name — Milton Jerome Powell Jr. • Born — 29 November 1974 • Birthplace — Houston, Texas, U.S. • Died — 18 June 2023 • Place of death — Beaumont, Texas, U.S. • Genre — Southern hip-hop • Occupation — Rapper • Years Active — 1995–2023 • Label — Presidential Records • Past Member Of — Screwed Up Click

Milton Powell was born on November 29, 1974, in Houston, Texas. He attended Yates High School, where he played football and became close friends with George Floyd. Known via a variety of nicknames, including Big Poyo and Podina, Big Pokey burst onto the Houston rap scene in the early 1990s as a member of his friend DJ Screw's friend group-turned rap collective Screwed Up Click. Big Pokey was featured on DJ Screw's mixtape "June 27th Freestyle" which became a landmark album in chopped and screwed hip hop. In early 1999, he made his solo debut with his first full-length album, Hardest Pit in the Litter. The following year, Pokey returned with D-Game 2000, another album of mid-tempo 808-driven beats featuring several of his Houston peers as guests. In 2001, he collaborated with the Wreckshop Wolfpack for Tha Collabo and then returned in 2002 with another solo album, Da Sky's Da Limit. In 2004, a clip of Pokey's song "Who Dat Talkin Down" was featured in the pilot episode of HBO's Entourage. Pokey was featured on Paul Wall's 2005 hit single "Sittin' Sidewayz" which peaked at #93 on US Billboard Hot 100.

On June 17, 2023, Powell collapsed from a heart attack while performing at a bar called Pour 09 in Beaumont, Texas. He was taken to a hospital in the city and died overnight on June 18, at the age of 48. An autopsy found that he had atherosclerosis and hypertensive heart disease.

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and information • Year — Title — Peak chart positions • Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums — Independent Albums — Heatseekers Albums • 1999 — Hardest Pit in the Litter * Label: Chevis Entertainment — 72 — — — 47 • 2000 — D-Game 2000 * Label: Chevis Entertainment — 71 — 31 — 38 • 2001 — Tha Collabo (with The Wreckshop Wolfpack) * Label: Wreckshop Records — 74 — 21 — 31 • 2002 — Da Sky's da Limit * Label: Wreckshop Records — 47 — 46 — 46 • 2008 — Evacuation Notice * Label: Koch Records — 75 — — — — • 2021 — Sensei * Label: Mob Style Music Group, Win Or Regret, SoSouth — — — — — —

• 2003: Mob 4 Life (with Chris Ward) • 2004: A Bad Azz Mix Tape Vol. 3 • 2004: The Best Of Big Pokey II (8ighted & Chopped) • 2005: Since The Grey Tapes Vol. 3 (with Lil' Keke) • 2007: On Another Note • 2008: Keep On Stackin, Vol. 3: Smoked Out... Beatin!!! (with Lil C) • 2008: Screwed Up Gorillaz (with E.S.G.) • 2010: Warning Shot

Big Pokey is recorded as a citizen of United States. Classed in the genre hardcore hip-hop. Classed in the genre Southern hip-hop. Recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded with the occupation rapper. Classed in the genre gangsta rap. Classed in the genre dirty south.