DJ Bigga Rankin, a Florida-based DJ and music promoter who has been the initial driving force behind artists like Rick Ross and T.I., Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Young Dolph, YFN Lucci and many others has passed away.
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“We know how much he meant to his wife, his children, and the entire city of Jacksonville. As we grieve the loss of a legend, we the family ask that our privacy is respected,” the message in the page continued. “The funeral arrangements and celebration of life of Bigga Rankin will be shared as soon as they are available.”
Wendy Day, a co-worker who described DJ Bigga Rankin as “my husband in the industry” called his passing as “a sad day for hip hop.”
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His real name was Billy Plummer and beyond his music career, he was also a community advocate. He was 50. DJ Bigga Rankin’s death on Monday was confirmed on his Instagram page. A message along with a photo of Bigga Rankin read: “It is with great sadness that we announce that the patriarch of our family, Billy ‘Bigga Rankin’ Plummer, passed away earlier this morning on July 20, 2026.”
However, a cause of the hip hop stalwart’s death was not announced.
“He was a father, a DJ, a husband, a legend, a friend, a brother, and an industry husband. As I dug through my phone to find a photo of him, I was struck by how many pictures I have of him and us together—and how many deceased people still live on, in the photos on my phone,” she wrote. “Bigga was 1 of 1, a tremendous human being and a proud Jamaican.”
