"Hound Dog," all while signed to a Houston, Black-owned record label, Don Robey's Peacock Records. I just turned the radio on in the car. And the man said, 'Here's a record that's going nationwide ...

The 28-year-old, Grammy-nominated musician died on Tuesday in a shooting at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas. Paying tribute, his record label said in a statement: "Senseless violence and a stray ...