Rapper Big Punisher Dead

02/07/2000 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen

(2/7/00, 7 p.m. ET) - Grammy-nominated rapper Big Punisher died today (Feb. 7) at approximately 4 p.m. ET from medical complications, according to a spokesperson from his record company.

The Bronx, New York, rapper was nominated from a Grammy in the best rap album category in 1999 for his debut album, Capital Punishment. He was the first solo Latino rapper to have a platinum album. Big Punisher, also a member of rap group Terror Squad, was an overweight rapper who boasted about his sexual prowess.

-- Soren Baker, Los Angeles

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