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Monday, August 29, 2016

The Heard

RIP Big Makk, Orlando DJ, musician and innovator

Posted By Matthew Moyer on Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:25 PM

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Photo via Big Makk/Facebook

Samisoni Koroitamudu, also known as Big Makk, an Orlando DJ and member of the Mad Decent roster of artists, has reportedly died in a car crash this morning in Casselberry, Florida.

According to WESH, the crash occurred at around 7 a.m. this morning when a Dodge Charger carrying three passengers traveling southbound on Lake Drive, crashed into a tree across from All Faiths Memorial Park Cemetery.

The names of all the passengers has not been released.

Big Makk, a 22-year-old who was one of the early innovators of the moombahton EDM sub-genre, was profiled by Orlando Weekly in a cover story back in July of 2015, which discussed his weekly event Shake'n Bass at Backbooth and his performance with DJ Icey at Gilt Nightclub.

This year, Big Makk was slated to play the upcoming EDC Orlando, among other high profile festivals.

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This is a tremendous loss for Orlando's music community and beyond. In response to his passing, the worldwide DJ community expressed their condolences via Twitter Monday, August 29.

Deeply saddened by this mornings news. RIP @BIGMAKK_, you'll be extremely missed.
— MAD DECENT (@maddecent) August 29, 2016

can't believe the news i'm hearing about our brother @BIGMAKK_ ... every time we were in Florida he made us feel like family. rest in power!
— GLADIATOR (@GLADIATOR) August 29, 2016

Rest in peace @BIGMAKK_

Id give anything right now to be back in my dorm throwing pillows at u while u snored.

U will be sorely missed 💔
— prince fox (@PrinceFoxMusic) August 29, 2016

What a huge loss. @BIGMAKK_ was INSANELY talented and had a heart of gold. So full of love. He was one of the good guys in this world. Damn.
— NADASTROM (@NADASTROM) August 29, 2016

This is a developing story, we'll update this post as more information becomes available.

Update:
According to WKMG, the driver has been identified as 26-year-old Alexander Rivera. Officials have yet to release the name of the third victim involved in Monday's crash.

Tags: Big Makk, Electronic, Death, DJ, Mad Decent, Moombahton, Video, Image

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