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Refimprove|date=May 2008Infobox musical artist|name = H.A.W.K.|alias = Big Hawk|image = Big Hawk.jpg|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = John Edward Hawkins|alias = Big Hawk, H.A.W.K., Hawk, Five Star General of the Screwed Up Click|Born = November 15, 1969cite web|url= http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths? c=search& first=John& last=Hawkins& spelling=Exact& 11_year=1969& 11_month=0& 11_day=0& 4=& 14=& SubmitSearch.x=44& SubmitSearch.y=2& SubmitSearch=Submit|title=Texas Births 1926–1995|publisher="Family Tree Legends"Allmusic|class=artist|id=p85186/Overview|pure_url=yes allmusic ((( H.A.W.K. > Overview )))|Died = death date and age|2006|5|1|1969|11|15|mf=ycite news | agency = Associated Press | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1002426505| title = Houston Rapper Big Hawk Shot To Death | date = 2006-05-02 | accessdate = 2008-08-01 |origin = Houston, Texas |instrument =|genre = Southern Rap , R& B , Screwed & Chopped |occupation =|years_active = 1994–2006|label = Ghetto Dreams Entertainment Dead End Records Screwed Up Records|associated_acts = Screwed Up Click , DJ Screw , Fat Pat (rapper)|Fat Pat , E.S.G. , Lil' Keke , Lil' O , Big Moe , Big Pokey , Lil' Flip , Paul Wall , Trae , UGK , Z-Ro |website = John Edward Hawkins (November 15, 1969 & ndash; May 1, 2006), better known as H.A.W.K. or Big Hawk was an United States|American rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw 's rap group the Screwed Up Click .
Biography
Born John Edward Hawkins in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1969. He grew up on the dead end block of MLK with his younger brother, Fat Pat (rapper)|Patrick "Fat Pat" Hawkins and two sisters. He started rapping in 1992 when Pat took him to DJ Screw’s house, an upcoming mixtape producer and DJ in the southern area of Houston. In April 2006 Hawk married his longtime girlfriend and mother of his two children, Meshah Henderson. http://www.screwed4life.com/index.php? option=com_content& view=article& id=115& Itemid=167 dead link|date=June 2011
Career
In 1994 Hawk, Fat Pat (rapper)|Fat Pat , DJ Screw and some of their friends, Lil' KeKe and Koldjack, collaborated to form the group D.E.A. and Dead End Records (named for the dead end block of Martin Luther King Blvd where Hawk grew up in Houston). In late 1995 D.E.A. released an original independent album entitled, “Screwed For Life” featuring Lil' Keke , Big Pokey and the rest of the Screwed Up Click|S.U.C. After the deaths of Hawk’s brother (Fat Pat) and DJ Screw and the incarceration of many others SUC members, Hawk’s ultimate mission and goal became keeping the “Ghetto Dream” alive. In 1999 Hawk participated in a Southside Playaz compilation album titled “You Got Us Fuxxed Up,” with Mike D, Claydoe and other members of the S.U.C. Hawk released his solo album, " Under Hawk's Wings " on Dead End Records in 2000 and had recorded with Lil' Flip , Lil' Keke , Big Moe , Z-Ro and was featured on the Lil' Troy hit " Wanna Be A Baller ."
Big Hawk appeared on numerous mixtapes from artists in the Houston underground rap scene. After Screw's death in 2000, he was the main person responsible for keeping the S.U.C. together,citation needed|date=December 2009 so much so that his nickname was the Five Star General of the Screwed Up Click. He collaborated with Lil' O on the smash hit, “ Back Back ” Next, he partnered with Game Face Records in 2002 and released his first album under his label Ghetto Dreams Ent., self titled, “HAWK.” With the hit song, “U Already Know,” the album charted the Billboard’s list of top R& B and Rap Albums at no. 45. It was at Game Face Records where Hawk met and clicked with a young up and coming group called the GritBoyz and an artist named Starchy Archy. Hawk and Ghetto Dreams Ent. teamed up with Presidential Records in 2003 to release “A Bad Azz Mix Tape Vol. II.” A year later he and Lil' Keke teamed up to release “Wreckin 2K4” with Presidential Records as well. It was around this time when the original S.U.C. members, along with M.J. (of Southside Studios) started collaborating on a group/compilation album titled “The Takeover.” Trae tha Truth made an album dedicated to BIG HAWK called Life Goes On.
Hawk was featured on the popular single " Swang (song)|Swang " by Trae that included a tribute to Fat Pat in 2005. In 2006, Hawk, along with Clint Dempsey of the U.S. National Soccer team recorded a song for Nike Inc.|Nike 's "Joga Bonito" World Cup soccer promotion called "Don't Tread". He was part of Pepsi 's Yahoo! "Houston Mic Pass" with Lil' Flip , Chamillionaire , Trae , Chingo Bling , Bun B , Short Dawg, Magno and Mike D. Since his death, Hawk has been featured on several tracks including Lil O's "I Do" single, "Down In Texas" off of the 2008 Assholes by Nature|A.B.N. album It Is What It Is , and Big Unk's "I'ma Beast" to name a few.
On November 11, 2011 two posthumous singles were released called "Somebody Who Loves You" and "Praise God."
Death
Hawkins, 36, was shot to death Monday, May 1, 2006, outside of a home in south Houston. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the rapper had gone to visit a friend's house at night and was walking from his car when he was shot several times. There is no known suspect.cite news| url= http://www.cbsnews.com/2316-100_162-1496696-3.html |title=Rap Deaths: John Edward Hawkins| work=CBS News
Shortly after his death Bun B , a fellow Houston rap artist, spoke about Hawkins in an interview with the Houston Chronicle saying, "There were no chinks in this man's moral armor, because he was a rapper there will be people who will take his death the wrong way, but he was a peaceful guy and a family man who had no beefs with anybody."cite web|last=Clark |first=Michael D. |url= http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3834071.html |title=Police: Few clues in Houston rapper's slaying |publisher=Houston Chronicle |date=2006-05-03 |accessdate=2011-06-04
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