Biography
Big Pokey
Real name: Milton Powell
Effective period / Period of releases: 1999 - 2008
US American rapper.Born November 29th, 1977 in Houston, TX, USA.
Died June 18th, 2023 in Beaumont, TX, USA.
Big Pokey joined up with DJ Screw in the early 90's and started releasing freestyles and songs on various DJ Screw mixtapes. His first full-length album appeared in late 1999, "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 Collabo and then returned in 2002 with another solo album, "Da Sky's Da Limit".