Big Hawk
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| Big Hawk | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | John Edward Hawkins | |
| Born | November 1, 1969 | |
| Origin | Houston, Texas | |
| Died | May 1, 2006 | |
| Genre(s) | Southern Rap, R&B | |
| Years active | 1999 - 2006 | |
| Associated acts |
Screwed Up Click | |
John Edward Hawkins (November 1, 1969 – May 1, 2006), better known as Big Hawk or H.A.W.K was a rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw's rap group the Screwed Up Click. He was also the older brother of Fat Pat, who was killed in 1998. Hawk, 36, was recently married and had two young sons.
Hawk released his solo album, "Under Hawk's Wings" on Dead End Records in 2000 and had recorded with Lil' Flip, Lil' Keke, Big Moe and was featured on the Lil' Troy hit "Wanna Be A Baller."
He was respected in the Houston underground rap scene and appeared on numerous mixtapes from artists such as Paul Wall, Lil' Flip, Z-Ro, E.S.G., Lil' Keke and Big Pokey. After Screw's death in 2000, he was the main person responsible for keeping the S.U.C. together, so much so that his nickname was the Five Star General of the Screwed Up Click. He scored a regional hit with 2002's "U Already Know" and was recently featured on the popular single "Swang" by Trae that included a tribute to Fat Pat in 2005. His 2001 self-titled album reached No. 45 on Billboard's list of top R&B and rap albums. In 2006, Hawk, along with Clint Dempsey, aka Deuce, of the U.S. National Soccer team recorded a song for Nike's "Joga Bonito" World Cup soccer promotion called "Don't Tread". Personal John married Meshah Writa Ayana Henderson in April 2006 (almost a Month to his murder) with whom he had 2 young sons. The couple had been together nearly ten years. Though many people in the street game of Houston do not know that HAWK worked for American General Insurance for at least 12 years and was well known and respected within the corporate organization.
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[edit] Death
At the age of 36, Big Hawk was killed on Monday night May 1, 2006 at about 10:30pm in Houston. It is alleged that he was on his way to visit a friend to play dominoes. After finding that his friend was not there yet, he proceded to walk down the side of the house, where he was shot multiple times. The only lead Houston police have is a witness who claims to have seen a small white compact car leaving the scene shortly after the shooting. He had been working on bringing together all the remaining Screwed Up Click members to record a group album called The Takeover.
[edit] Discography
- 2000: Under Hawk's Wings
- 2002: H.A.W.K.
- 2007: Black Hawk Down
[edit] Mix Tapes
- Bad Azz Mixtape II
- The Incredible Hawk
