
This weekend, Big Moe, member of Houston’s famed Screwed Up Click, died at the age of thirty-three. The rapper had been hospitalized at Houston’s Ben Taub hospital for nearly a week before reportedly succumbing to a heart attack on Sunday. With his sad demise, Big Moe becomes the fifth member of the Screwed Up Click to die prematurely. Crew founder DJ Screw, who created the “chopped and screwed” style of remixing, died after suffering a codeine-induced heart attack in 2000. Two original members and brothers, Fat Pat and Big Hawk, were both shot to death; Fat Pat in 1998, Big Hawk in May of 2006. Another member, Big Mello, perished in a 2002 car accident. Just to show that the S.U.C.’s bad luck extends beyond death, there’s Dat Boy Grace, who is serving prison time in Mississippi for felony gun charges. We guess the moral of the story is, if you’re going to join the Screwed Up Click, make sure you fill out some life insurance forms — and don’t take on any monikers that emphasize your unhealthy physique.

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