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Big Kap
American hip hop DJ (1970–2016) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Keith Carter (February 26, 1970 – February 3, 2016), also known as Big Kap and The Wardin,[1][2] was an American hip-hop DJ[1] who was born in New York City and was later based in Atlanta.
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Career
In 1995 he was a member of hip hop supergroup The Flip Squad. He was well known for the 1999 album The Tunnel with Funkmaster Flex, named after the New York nightclub where he was a regular DJ. He died in Mableton, GA late on February 3, 2016, due to a heart attack.[2][3] He was 45 at the time of his death.[4] According to his road manager Ab Traxx, Carter had diabetes, which he did not believe was what caused his fatal heart attack.[5] Carter was previously scheduled to work on a showcase in Atlanta on the day he died. Shortly after his death, the event became a memorial for Carter.[2]
Big Kap is also well known for a video that went viral in 2011 consisting of Notorious B.I.G. throwing a water bottle at Big Kap during a Summer Jam concert before storming off the stage in 1995.[6]
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Discography
- The Tunnel (1999)
References
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