Patrick Lamark Hawkins, known as Fat Pat, was a 27-year-old Houston rapper who was fatally shot on February 3, 1998. The shooting occurred in the corridor outside an apartment at the Meadows Southwest Apartment Complex on 10440 South Drive after Fat Pat went there to collect an appearance fee; the promoter he intended to meet was not home.

Conflicting accounts circulated after the killing. One report said promoter Kenneth Weasel Watson shot Fat Pat during a confrontation after accusing him of arranging a robbery; police sought Watson for questioning but no charges were filed. Other reports suggested the motive involved an unpaid debt. No one has ever been charged in connection with the murder.

Fat Pat’s posthumous albums Ghetto Dreams and Throwed in da Game and a 1999 documentary by his brother Big Hawk helped keep his music influential in Houston. Who has information about Fat Pat’s death or the events at the Meadows Southwest Apartments that night?