The manager of the Texas rapper BeatKing says the Houston club music hitmaker has died at the age of 39
In this May 29, 2022, file photo, BeatKing, Houston rapper and producer, performs with 2Chainz at SoWhat?! Fest in Arlington, Texas.Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39.
The rapper, whose name was Justin Riley, died Thursday after fainting during a recording session, Tasha Felder told The Associated Press. Felder, his manager, said Riley was taken to a hospital and that he had a pulmonary embolism.BeatKing, whose club music anthems earned him the name Club Godzilla, achieved his biggest hit in 2020 when his song “Then Leave" went viral on social media and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
He was known for humorous, raunchy lyrics and broke through the Houston music scene in 2010 with “Kings of the Club," reaching Houston’s younger generation not as familiar with the city's famous slowed music style from As a rapper or producer, BeatKing collaborated with major artists including 2 Chainz, Bun B, T-Pain and Ludacris. Although BeatKing didn’t achieve the national prominence of fellow Houstonians such as“My condolences @clubgozilla,” 2 Chainz wrote on social media. “God Bless your soul and family.”Fans on social media recalled BeatKing's dominance over the club scene in the 2010s.
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