Houston native and 'Thick' rapper BeatKing dies at 39 from a pulmonary embolism.

Houston rapper BeatKing, best known for his viral 2010 single "Smash" and the platinum-selling DJ Chose hit "Thick," has passed absent at the age of 39.

Also known as Club Godzilla, his passing was affirmed by his chief, Tasha Felder, on her unsubstantiated Instagram page on Thursday.

"BeatKing has been the life of the club for over a decade," Felder composed. "He collaborated with so numerous specialists, and his sound will live on until the end of time. He worshiped his girls @clubgodparenting, his music, and his fans. We will cherish him forever."

Felder afterward affirmed in an e-mail to USA Nowadays on Friday that BeatKing kicked the bucket from a pneumonic embolism. She clarified that he had been at an Urban One (Radio One) station for a morning takeover when he all of a sudden blacked out. He was taken to a adjacent healing center, where he afterward passed absent, with his girls by his side. "It is really terrible; we adored him so much," Felder shared. 

According to the Mayo Clinic, a aspiratory embolism happens when a blood clot pieces blood stream to an course in the lungs. The clot regularly shapes in a profound vein, more often than not in the leg, and can in some cases include numerous clots. Without blood stream, parts of the lung may pass on, making it troublesome to get oxygen.