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Big Pokey

Person · male · United States · Houston · born 1974 · died 2023 · recording since 1999

American rapper (1974-2023)

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Also known as B. Pokey · Big Poke · Big Pokey of the Screwed Up Click · Big Pokie · Milton J. Powell Jr. · Milton Jerome Powell Jr. · +5 more

Debut: 1999
Recording span: 24 years
Release groups: 22
Timeline events: 17
Wiki language versions: 10

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Timeline

17 events▣ Album 14◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1970s
1. 29 November 1974 · Birth
  Born 1974-11-29
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 18 May 1999 · Debut release
  Debut release: Hardest Pit in the Litter
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 18 May 1999 · Album
  Album: Hardest Pit in the Litter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 22 August 2000 · Album
  Album: D Game 2000
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 6 August 2002 · Album
  Album: Da Sky's Da Limit
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2003 · Album
  Album: Mob 4 Life
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 27 January 2004 · Album
  Album: A Bad Azz Mix Tape III
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
5. 15 November 2005 · Album
  Album: Since The Gray Tapes Vol.3
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
6. 28 November 2006 · Album
  Album: Flow Masters Volume I: Tha Blast-Off
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1 June 2007 · Album
  Album: On Another Note
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 4 August 2008 · Album
  Album: Screwed Up Gorillaz
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
9. 19 August 2008 · Album
  Album: Evacuation Notice
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Warning Shot
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
2. 3 December 2013 · Album
  Album: On Another Note 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 28 May 2021 · Album
  Album: Sensei
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 18 June 2023 · Death
  Died 2023
  source: wikidata
3. 29 November 2024 · Album
  Album: Stone Hard to the Bone Yard
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography346 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1377853205

Biography

Milton Jerome Powell Jr. (November 29, 1974 – June 18, 2023), better known by his stage name Big Pokey, was an American rapper. Big Pokey was associated with chopped and screwed music, and was one of the original members of the Screwed Up Click.

Biography

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 LitterHardest Pit in the Litter18 May 1999 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro1:282Hardest Pit4:023Range Rover4:264Trippin Me Out4:095Y.S.P.4:256Ballin' Parlay4:407Who Dat Talking Down3:508Repatation2:589It's Like That! (June 27th remix)4:2310Freestyle Pro3:5511Leave Us Alone4:3612Gage Play4:0913Shady Game5:0114Heavy Weighters4:2215All In5:0716Dog Proof4:4717Hands Up6:45. 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 LimitDa Sky's Da Limit6 August 2002 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Intro (102 Bars of Venom)1:412M.O.B4:293Raise 'em Up3:004Power N Da Flour4:125My Boo4:196Ooh3:307Jump Clean4:568He's So Gangsta4:249Where I’m from (Huggin’ Da Block)3:3810Interlude (Sacrifices)1:3411Automatic3:1812Right Now3:0613Get Out the Way3:4114Runnin Da Red4:5515Gangsta3:1516Mackin On Me3:5517Ghetto Fabulous4:5718Only You3:5319Aint No Killa'z4:1220Outro1:47. 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.

Death

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.

Mixtapes

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

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	10	58.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	22	87.8th
Studio albums	14	94th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	17	92.4th
Recording span (years)	24	53.9th
Genres	10	96.5th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (22 release groups · 14 studio albums)

Albums · 14

Hardest Pit in the Litter
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:13:03
1Intro1:28
2Hardest Pit4:02
3Range Rover4:26
4Trippin Me Out4:09
5Y.S.P.4:25
6Ballin' Parlay4:40
7Who Dat Talking Down3:50
8Repatation2:58
9It's Like That! (June 27th remix)4:23
10Freestyle Pro3:55
11Leave Us Alone4:36
12Gage Play4:09
13Shady Game5:01
14Heavy Weighters4:22
15All In5:07
16Dog Proof4:47
17Hands Up6:45
D Game 2000
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:07:30
1Untamed Gorilla3:31
2Dope Game 20003:31
3That's All We Had4:15
4Menagae Tois3:38
5On Choppers4:33
6(Interlude) N***as1:33
7Swallowed By The Game3:57
8Mind And Muscle3:47
9Still Off The Chain4:01
10Why Yall Still Talking Down4:07
11Duck-N-Buss3:43
12Little Mama's3:46
13Look Twice4:05
14Throwed-N-Da Game3:53
15(Interlude) Hear My Cry2:04
16Get Out Our Way4:23
17That's The Way3:16
18My Name Out Yo Mouth5:27
Da Sky's Da Limit
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:12:42
1Intro (102 Bars of Venom)1:41
2M.O.B4:29
3Raise 'em Up3:00
4Power N Da Flour4:12
5My Boo4:19
6Ooh3:30
7Jump Clean4:56
8He's So Gangsta4:24
9Where I’m from (Huggin’ Da Block)3:38
10Interlude (Sacrifices)1:34
11Automatic3:18
12Right Now3:06
13Get Out the Way3:41
14Runnin Da Red4:55
15Gangsta3:15
16Mackin On Me3:55
17Ghetto Fabulous4:57
18Only You3:53
19Aint No Killa'z4:12
20Outro1:47
Mob 4 Life
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:47:42
Disc 117 tracks · 1:06:11
1M.O.B. (rmx)4:06
2Screw Skit0:49
3Welcome 2 Texas3:23
4Don’t Play4:28
5Bang On4:55
6Phone Skit0:26
7What a Gangsta Do3:55
8Ain’t No Love3:50
9Go,Go,Go5:17
10Y These Hata’s Wanna?4:33
11Running tha Red4:56
12Party Ain’t Live Enuff3:35
13Smoke -N- Maintain4:06
14Marksmen4:51
15We Some G’s4:34
16And 1 Mix3:45
17Bonus Track4:42
Disc 214 tracks · 41:31
1Politics Intro0:38
2Most of the Time2:20
3In My Life3:32
4Dirt Off…4:08
5Why???4:11
6Mobstyle Playa3:27
7Don’t Get It Twisted3:02
8Back Down3:38
9Game Time Over3:23
10Ghetto Blues2:49
11Phone Skit0:45
12No Problemz3:23
13Mobstyler’s3:06
14On Fire3:09
A Bad Azz Mix Tape III
2004 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:14:05
1Intro - It’s Serious1:21
2Sick N Da Mind3:20
3Good With the Bad4:52
4Making Mail4:38
5Heavyweighters4:54
6Cash4:21
7Fire4:26
8Dem Boyz (skit)0:23
9Bodyguard3:49
10Streets4:51
11On Top4:30
12Wood4:05
13Do Our Thang4:46
14Go Fed With It3:39
157134:11
16Crock Bull3:39
17On Our Grind4:02
18Wreckin3:21
19Let Ni**as Know4:57
Since The Gray Tapes Vol.3
2005 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 2:05:25
Disc 16 tracks · 1:00:04
1I Need a21:20
2Sippin’ in the South7:13
3Screwed Up Click6:59
4Coming Out of the South8:21
5It’s Time to Get Crunk5:14
6Sweat & Tears10:57
Disc 27 tracks · 1:05:21
1Dedication3:20
2Gonna Explode13:46
3Give It a Chance12:24
4Take a Look6:23
5Come Thru15:49
6What’s Up4:07
7Jealous9:32
Flow Masters Volume I: Tha Blast-Off
2006 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 2:18:56
Disc 117 tracks · 1:04:19
1June 27th - The Real Story (Intro)1:17
2Survivor5:29
3Pullin' Up4:41
4DJ Screw and Hawk2:41
5Find Me A Freak5:11
6BRP5:19
7Freestyle4:09
8The Real Screwed Up Click3:22
9Freestyle3:13
10In Tha Hood3:59
11Thru Tha Doe3:01
12Flowmasters Interlude3:03
13Tha Truth3:56
14Freestyle2:39
15Freestyle4:06
16Freestyle4:12
17Outro4:01
Disc 217 tracks · 1:14:37
1June 27th - The Real Story (Intro) (Chopped & Screwed)1:30
2Survivor (Chopped & Screwed)6:22
3Pullin' Up (Chopped & Screwed)5:26
4DJ Screw and Hawk (Chopped & Screwed)3:08
5Find Me A Freak (Chopped & Screwed)5:34
6BRP (Chopped & Screwed)6:08
7Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)5:20
8The Real Screwed Up Click (Chopped & Screwed)4:02
9Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)3:37
10In Tha Hood (Chopped & Screwed)4:40
11Thru Tha Doe (Chopped & Screwed)3:30
12Flowmasters Interlude (Chopped & Screwed)3:32
13Tha Truth (Chopped & Screwed)4:33
14Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)3:06
15Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)4:47
16Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)4:52
17Outro (Chopped & Screwed)4:30
On Another Note
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:04:29
1Taking Over4:16
2Come See Tha World3:56
3Dreaming4:49
4Danger4:14
5Holdin4:41
6How You Like Me Now2:35
715's Studda1:27
864 Flow5:05
9You Make Me Better2:23
10On Our Grind4:02
11Ride4:12
12Money Mission2:35
13Swervin4:35
14Wood Grain Flow4:19
1584's4:01
16Real Talk1:32
17Classic Flow3:41
18Straight Freestyle2:06
Screwed Up Gorillaz
2008 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:08:45
1Intro0:20
2Money Do 1st of the Month1:36
3Hustle Time4:42
4Interlude0:14
5Dope Man4:11
6Lets Take a Toast2:16
7We Keep It Gutta3:36
8Interlude0:53
9Get U Sum Hoe3:49
10Been Getting Money3:16
11ESG Checks In0:28
12We Holdin4:22
13Interlude0:15
14Nigga Don't Understand Me4:34
15ESG Woodfiggaz Interlude0:16
16Diss How Da Story Go2:32
17Freestyle Flow4:01
18Mobb Shit3:01
19R.I.P. Interlude0:19
20I'm a G6:31
21Feel Your pain2:00
22Gettin It Flow1:53
23When It's Reppin Time Flow2:49
24Reppin S.U.C. Flow1:04
25Interlude Flow1:09
26We the Best (Freestyle Flow)3:10
27Back On the Grind (Freestyle Flow)1:00
28Coming Soon0:22
29Baby Back (Freestyle Flow)0:50
30Wha'Cha Know About2:57
31Outro0:19
Evacuation Notice
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:51
19 Times Outta 104:06
2Let Dem Boys Know4:42
3The Way I Live3:33
4Boss Hogg On Candy5:08
5One Night Stand4:13
6Grit Grind4:25
7Mobb Ngggaz4:20
8I'm from the South4:01
9U Can Hate5:01
10I'm a Gangsta3:21
11I Mean I'm4:42
12Ghetto Starr4:19
Warning Shot
2010 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 52:24
1Intro0:16
2My Maybach Music2:32
3On The Grind3:04
4Victory2:35
5Hoggin' The Game3:32
6Biggest Boss1:33
7Keep On Pushin'2:41
8Love Ones4:04
9Got To Be A G1:46
10Realest Shit3:40
11Xtra Grind3:30
12I Don't Play4:32
13Oh Let's Do It1:44
14Good And Bad3:24
15Dope Boy4:14
16Lettin' Loose2:01
17It's All Good2:00
18Steady Mobbin'1:14
19Dope Man2:16
20Slab Crusher1:46
On Another Note 2
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
1Everybody Owed
2My Maybach Music
3Credit Cards and Cash
4Biggest Boss
5Get Money Pro (Remix)
6Top Drop
7Realest Shit
8H-Town Freestyle
9Good and Bad
10Dope Boy
11Dark Purple
12Coming Home
13Slab Crusher
14What Its Made For
Sensei
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 43:46
1Piped Up3:27
2Sensei3:06
3I’m Back3:06
4Mind Made Up2:55
5Stand the Rain3:14
6Diamonds in the Sky3:54
7I Swear to Tell the Truth2:49
8Pressure3:21
9Lie About It2:54
10Once Upon a Time3:42
11Stacks3:28
12Get By3:23
13Change Your Life4:27
Stone Hard to the Bone Yard
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 39:49
1Coast 2 Coast3:56
2Don’t Look Back3:07
3Screwed Up Click4:37
416 BARS3:47
5On Da Map2:31
6Paper Profit3:15
7Gorilla Bizzness2:35
8Fork Talk2:14
9So Screwed Up2:55
10Smoke Something2:18
11Brick City2:47
12By Any Means3:29
13Yacht Music2:18

Album · 2

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2002	Tha Collabo: Wreckshop WolfpackSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:00:01 1The Interview (Skit)1:40 2To Burn to Burn2:22 3Head In the Vette3:12 4What It Do3:21 5What Throwd (Radio)3:14 6Be a Rapper (Skit)0:23 72 Way On (Club)3:55 8Hoes (Skit)0:50 9On Yo Knee's4:09 10Poppi4:22 11Be My Bitcha'4:02 12Shaker (Skit)1:40 13See Weed Diet3:26 14It's On2:28 15Come Join the Fun (Club)3:27 16They Say (Skit)1:49 17I Swear3:48 18Right Now4:30 19No3:38 20Something Wrong3:45	Compilation	5 February 2002
	2004	The Best of II : 8ighted & ChoppedSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:16:29 1Gage Play (Slowed)5:32 2Y.S.P. (Slowed)6:00 3Freestyle Pro (Slowed)6:07 4All In (Slowed)6:28 5Dog Proof (Slowed)5:18 6On Choppers (Slowed)5:10 7Swallowed By the Game (Slowed)5:28 8Mind and Muscle (Slowed)5:13 9Dope Game 2000 (Slowed)5:06 10Look Twice (Slowed)5:16 11Throwed-N-Da Game (Slowed)5:07 12Trippin' Me Out (Slowed)4:45 13Leave Us Alone (Slowed)5:17 14Heavy Weighters (Slowed)5:42	Compilation	16 March 2004

Single · 6

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2013	Bullies & SwangasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:25 1Bullies & Swangas3:25	31 January 2013
2015	Six27Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:43 1Six273:43	12 March 2015
2015	Reppin TexasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:56 1Reppin Texas4:56	15 April 2015
2016	Southside Still Holdin'Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:25 1Southside Still Holdin'4:25	14 January 2016
2016	Goodfellas & BadbitchesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:50 1Goodfellas & Badbitches3:50	15 March 2016
2023	Don't Play With MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:29 1Don't Play With Me2:29	23 October 2023

Stats & PK

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Big Pokey metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	10	58.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	22	87.8th
Studio albums	14	94th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	17	92.4th
Recording span (years)	24	53.9th
Genres	10	96.5th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Screwed Up Click(band)	—	present
Mobstyle Crew(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3e28e17-a2e1-4d73-9d9e-323bbc4baa33
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q859157
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q859157
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pokey
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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