Big Pokey’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American rapper
Is Musician 
Rapper 
Singer 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 4 December 1977, Houston, USA
Age: 42 years
Star sign Sagittarius
Genre:
Rapping
Instruments:
Voice

Milton Powell (born December 4, 1977), better known by his stage name Big Pokey, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. Pokey is associated with chopped and screwed music, and is one of the original members of the Screwed Up Click.

Rap career

Big Pokey began rapping with Houston producer DJ Screw in the early 1990s releasing songs on many of DJ Screw’s mixtapes. Big Pokey was featured on DJ Screw’s mixtape “June 27th Freestyle” which became a landmark album in chopped and screwed hip hop.

His first full-length album appeared in early 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 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. In 2005 Pokey was featured on Paul Wall’s track “Sittin’ Sidewayz” which peaked at #93 on US Billboard Hot 100.

Film appearance

In 2001, Pokey appeared in the film “Soldiers United for Cash.” He also starred in the movie Dirty Third 2: Home Sweet Home

Discography

Studio albums

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

  • 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 — —

Mixtapes

  • 2001: Chopped & Screwed
  • 2003: Mob 4 Life
  • 2004: A Bad Azz Mix Tape Vol. 3
  • 2004: The Best Of Big Pokey II (8ighted & Chopped)
  • 2005: Since The Grey Tapes Vol. 3
  • 2007: On Another Note
  • 2008: Keep On Stackin, Vol. 3: Smoked Out… Beatin!!!
  • 2008: Screwed Up Gorillaz
  • 2010: Warning Shot
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