Bigga Rankin’s household will settle for Jacksonville’s key as town honors the late DJ’s music, mentorship and neighborhood work.
Bigga Rankin will posthumously obtain Jacksonville’s key, giving the Southern Hip-Hop architect a hometown salute three weeks after his demise.
News4JAX studies Jacksonville will current the consideration August 8 in the course of the Okay.I.N.G. Basis’s Again to Faculty Neighborhood Day. The ceremony follows Mayor Donna Deegan’s proclamation making August 2, his birthday, Bigga Rankin Day.
Bigga Rankin, born Billy Plummer, died July 20 after greater than three many years advancing Southern artists, in keeping with his household’s assertion.
“It’s with nice disappointment that we announce that the patriarch of our household, Billy ‘Bigga Rankin’ Plummer, handed away earlier this morning on July twentieth, 2026.”
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“We all know how a lot he meant to his spouse, his kids, and your complete metropolis of Jacksonville. As we grieve the lack of a legend, we the household ask that our privateness is revered.”
His household has not introduced a trigger, though he had disclosed dropping a kidney and needing dialysis after battling COVID-19.
Mourners considered him July 31 earlier than roughly 1,000 individuals attended his Aug. 1 homegoing service at Paxon Revival Middle Church.
As AllHipHop reported, Rick Ross, Bun B, Mia X, 2 Chainz, Boosie, Lil Duval and Younger Money publicly mourned him.
“We misplaced a legendary determine in Florida right this moment,” Rick Ross wrote. “Bigga Rankin had an incredible spirit and he embraced me from day one. That’s the type of love and loyalty you always remember. My dawg has moved on, however his legacy, his voice and the impression he made on this tradition, particularly Southern hip-hop, will stay ceaselessly.”
Throughout three many years, Bigga Rankin’s mixtapes and signature voice helped flip road data into regional priorities.
He opened Jacksonville’s Cool Runnings nightclub in 1990, produced town’s Diamond Awards and later held govt roles with Suppose It’s A Sport and Hittmenn DJs.
His co-sign boosted Gucci Mane, B.o.B., Yo Gotti, Jeezy, T.I., Rick Ross and Plies nationally.
The important thing presentation begins Saturday at 1 p.m. inside A. Philip Randolph Park earlier than a neighborhood day providing free backpacks, meals and actions.
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