BeatKing, a beloved Houston rapper and producer, has died … and TMZ has realized what precipitated his demise.
A rep for the rapper tells us … BeatKing handed away in a Houston hospital Thursday after struggling a pulmonary embolism. We’re advised the rapper was doing a morning takeover on the City One/Radio One station, when he fainted and was rushed to a close-by hospital.
He handed away later that very same day along with his 2 daughters by his aspect.
The rep added … “It’s actually unhappy, we liked him a lot.”
BeatKing’s rep additional addressed the artist’s demise with a poignant tribute Thursday evening, remembering her shopper as “the very best a part of the membership for over a decade.”
She continued … “He has produced and labored with so many artists, that his sound will perpetually dwell. He liked his daughters @clubgodparenting, his music and his followers. We’ll [love] him perpetually.”
Music followers finest know BeatKing for his viral, 2020 TikTok hit, “Then Depart,” for which the rapper gained worldwide consideration.
Previous to his large web hit, BeatKing was well-known within the Texas occasion scene, the place his music was typically performed at faculties and golf equipment all through the ’10s.
His different hits embrace “SDAB” — which featured 2Chainz and Juicy J — “Exterior,” and “Preserve It Poppin feat. Ludacris” and “Queendom Come.”
BeatKing was not too long ago hanging with Drake, however it’s unclear if the two rappers had been engaged on a collab.
BeatKing was 39.
RIP
