Orlando, Florida just lost one of their brighter stars, rising producer, Big Makk. The 25-year-old died in a Seminole County car accident early this morning.
WESH and the Orlando Sentinel say the accident involving a white Dodge Charger happened near All Faiths Memorial Park Cemetery in Casselberry, Florida, less than 20 miles northeast of downtown Orlando. Police say that speed could have possibly been a factor in the crash, which killed three people. Authorities have not confirmed the identities, but tributes are already pouring into Big Makk's Twitter page.
In June 2014, he joined Bay area DJs Subpirate and Sea Shellz to play a small show at Fubar in St. Petersburg, Florida as part of the bar's now defunct Turbo Tuesdays weekly. A social media post from August 27, shows Big Makk reminiscing on a July 2016 set with Bassnectar for a sold out crowd. He was supposed to play the Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando come November. He most recently played locally at a Monday weekly for The Ritz in Ybor City on August 1.
Tampa-based DJ Ku, who headlines that weekly, took to Instagram today, promising to pay tribute to the late producer at his set tonight.
"Big Makk was an inspiration. Someone everyone in the Florida and overall dance scene admired dearly. He was the most humble and down to earth human being even though everyone knew he was destined for greatness," Ku told CL is a text message. "Our community lost a shining star today but thankfully he already made his mark on the world and will be remembered forever through his music."
Big Makk's own feed was very positive, and the outpouring of support has been no different. See some of the highlights here.
This is a developing story. Listen to "Drop Top" below.
This article appears in Aug 25 – Sep 1, 2016.