Tributes paid after Houston underground rap legend BeatKing dies, age 39
BeatKing, some of the influential underground figures in Houston rap music, has died on the age of 39.
The information was confirmed by BeatKing’s supervisor Tasha Felder on Instagram on Thursday night time (August 15), who invoked his moniker Membership Godzilla, writing: ”At the moment, August 15, 2024 now we have misplaced @Clubgodzilla.”
“BeatKing has been the perfect a part of the membership for over a decade,” she added. “He has produced and labored with so many artists, that his sound will eternally dwell. He cherished his daughters @clubgodparenting, his music and his followers. We are going to love him eternally.”
BeatKing – actual identify Justin Riley – was father to 2 daughters, as reported by ABC News Houston. TMZ report that he handed away following a pulmonary embolism.
He was maybe finest recognized for his 2020 breakout track ‘Then Go away’, which featured Queendome Come and have become a viral TikTok hit that yr. The observe, taken from his album ‘Gangsta Stripper Music 4’, rose to Quantity 3 on the Billboard Effervescent Beneath Sizzling 100 chart.
He started his dwell music expertise by enjoying the drums alongside members of the family in church whereas rising up in Houston however later established with Membership Godzilla persona with the 2010 mixtape ‘Kings Of The Membership’.
His music revolved round cranked up 808s and hooky chant-like choruses and drew closely from Southern rap traditions.
Final yr, BeatKing appeared on the posthumous album by Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo, alongside the likes of Run The Jewels, Skepta and Latto, having beforehand been a prolific collaborator with the rapper, courting again to the influential mixtape ‘Underground Cassette Tape Music’ in 2014.
He additionally was the unique function on Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘THICK’ in 2020, which was later remixed with DJ Selected.
Over the course of his profession, BeatKing additionally labored alongside the likes of two Chainz, Ludacris and Juicy J, and earlier this yr he joined Nicki Minaj on stage in Houston.
See some tributes to BeatKing beneath:
Nicki Minaj sends condolences to BeatKing’s household and followers. He graced the Gag Metropolis Tour stage and did his massive one💕 pic.twitter.com/qmpc2cIlsT
— Mílagro (@MobzWorld) August 16, 2024
RIP BeatKing.
Made the soundtrack to so lots of my events and membership nights, Impressed my favourite Tik Tok of all time. pic.twitter.com/c8n8a2dsQN
— Northwest Cee (@CeeHawk) August 16, 2024
RIP #BeatKing i actually was so hyped in Gag Metropolis Houston whenever you got here on stage 🙏🏽💔 pic.twitter.com/TfVQgWI3HS
— Terri 🩷🦄🦋 (@Teebarbie_23) August 16, 2024
rattling, the each of ’em gone inside a lil over a yr of one another.
rip beatking & gangsta boo 🙏🏼🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/XUUNZhUmSF
— KORiij (@40ounceKO) August 16, 2024
BeatKing was the soundtrack to the perfect years of my life – always remember him shouting me out on this report with Gangsta Boo – the truth that neither of them are right here now could be simply incorrect 😢https://t.co/E0Rl9ITvuJ
— RobDeep (@robpursey) August 16, 2024
His passing comes simply weeks after the discharge of his newest album, ‘By no means Go away Houston On A Sunday’.