Big Moe

Kenneth Doniell Moore (August 20, 1974 – October 14, 2007), In 1992 he graduated from Yates High School, where he was a football star.

Career Originating from Houston, Texas, and as one of the founding members of the "Original Screwed Up Click," Big Moe started out in music by freestyling on DJ Screw mixtapes like many of his Houston peers before being signed to Wreckshop Records. Wreckshop Records released Big Moe's debut album, City of Syrup in (2000); the title was a nod to Houston's reputation for drinking codeine-laced syrup, which Moe pours from a Styrofoam cup on the album's cover. The album featured the single "Mann!", which Moe intended to be the South Side's answer to Black Rob's East Coast hit "Whoa!"

In 2002, Moe returned with his second album, Purple World. This release showcased a "who's who" of Houston vocalists and two versions of Moe's breakthrough single, "Purple Stuff." The Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-themed video for "Purple Stuff" was played on MTV, and the album peaked at No. 3 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Death Moe died on October 14, 2007, at 33 years old, after suffering a heart attack one week earlier that left him in a coma.

Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and informationYearTitlePeak chart positionsBillboard 200 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Independent Albums Heatseekers Albums 2000City of Syrup Label: Wreckshop Records—3329—2008Unfinished Business Label: Wreckshop Records, Koch Records—73——

Guest appearances + List of single and non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Ain't No Doubt" 2001 R.W.O., Mr. 3-2, Big T Book of Game: Chapter 1Dixie's Land