The manager of the Texas rapper BeatKing says the Houston club music hitmaker has died at the age of 39
Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39.
The rapper, whose name was Justin Riley, died Thursday after fainting during a recording session, Tasha Felder told The Associated Press. Felder, his manager, said Riley was taken to a hospital and that he had a pulmonary embolism.
“His daughters were with him the entire time », Felder said. “It is truly sad, we loved him so much.”
BeatKing, whose club music anthems earned him the name Club Godzilla, achieved his biggest hit in 2020 when his song “Then Leave » went viral on social media and peaked at No.
