George Floyd Rap Collaborator Chris Ward Remembers His Friend’s Unceasing Positivity and Freestyling Skills
As people across the world mourn and protest the police killing of George Floyd, more and more are also discovering his music. As Big Floyd, the 46-year-old was a freestyle rapper in the late 1990s, as part of Houston legend DJ Screw’s influential Screwed Up Click. One song that’s made the rounds on social media is a freestyle Floyd recorded over the beat for Da Brat’s “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” from Screw’s 1996’s Chapter 324: Dusk 2 Dawn tape. Fellow Houston rapper Travis Scott recently posted the track on his Instagram Story. Floyd, entering around the 4:55 mark, rumbles, “B-I-G, it’s F-L-O-Y-D/Watch me raise up in my drop-top seat.”