Fat Pat
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Background information | |
Birth name | Patrick Lamark Hawkins[1][2] |
Born | Third Ward, Houston, Texas, U.S. | December 4, 1970
Died | February 4, 1998 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 27)
Genres | Hip hop, Southern hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Years active | 1993–1998 |
Labels | Wreckshop/ Screwed up/ Warner |
Patrick Hawkins (December 4, 1970 – February 4, 1998), better known by his stage name Fat Pat (also known as Mr. Fat Pat), was an American rapper from Houston, Texas who was a member of DEA (Dead End Alliance) with his brother John "Big Hawk" Hawkins and DJ Screw, and Kay-K, all original members of the Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.).[3][4]
Wreckshop Records released his first two albums, Ghetto Dreams and Throwed In Da Game in 1998 after his death. Later releases were on the Screwed Up Click label.
Death
On February 4, 1998, Hawkins was fatally shot at 10440 South Drive, Houston, Texas, after going to a promoter's apartment to collect an appearance fee.[3][4][5][6] The promoter was not home and he was shot in the corridor outside the apartment.[4] Eight years later, his brother, rapper Big Hawk, was also shot to death.[7] Fat Pat's murder still remains unsolved.
Discography
Albums
- 1998: Ghetto Dreams
- 1998: Throwed in da Game
- 2001: Fat Pat's Greatest Hits
- 2004: Since The Gray Tapes
- 2005: Since The Gray Tapes Vol. 2
- 2008: I Had a Ghetto Dream
With Dead End Alliance
- 1998: Screwed for Life
Singles
Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | Album |
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1998 | "Tops Drop" | - | 46 | 5 | Ghetto Dreams |
Featured singles
Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | Album |
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1997 | "25 Lighters" (DJ DMD featuring Lil' Keke & Fat Pat) | - | - | - | Twenty-Two: P.A. World Wide |
1999 | "Wanna Be a Baller" (Lil Troy featuring Fat Pat & Big Hawk) | 70 | 40 | 31 | Sittin' Fat Down South |
2006 | "Swang" (Trae featuring Fat Pat & Big Hawk) | - | - | - | Restless |
See also
References
- ^ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997". familysearch.org. "FamilySearch". Retrieved 2016-12-29.
- ^ http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/hawk/item/103
- ^ a b Simmonds, Jeremy (2008) The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 978-1-55652-754-8, p. 575
- ^ a b c Newton, Michael (2009) The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes, Facts On File Inc, ISBN 978-0-8160-7818-9, p. 160
- ^ Lindsey, Craig D. (February 11, 1999). "That's the Breaks". www.houstonpress.com. Houston Press. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "Texas Music Office -". www.governor.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "Rap Deaths: John Edward Hawkins". CBS News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- 1970 births
- 1998 deaths
- 1998 murders in the United States
- African-American male rappers
- Deaths by firearm in Texas
- Murdered African-American people
- Murdered rappers
- People murdered in Texas
- Rappers from Houston
- Screwed Up Click members
- Underground rappers
- Unsolved murders in the United States
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century American rappers
- 20th-century American male musicians