Fat Pat

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Fat Pat
Birth name	Patrick Lamont Hawkins
Born	December 4, 1970(1970-12-04)
Origin	Houston, Texas
Died	February 3, 1998 (aged 27)
Genre(s)	Southern rap
Occupation(s)	rapper
Years active	1994 - 1998
Label(s)	Wreckshop Records/ Warner Music Group
Associated acts	S.U.C. Southside Playaz D.E.A.

Fat Pat (born Patrick Lamont Hawkins, December 4, 1970 – February 3, 1998) was a rapper from Houston, Texas and an original member of DJ Screw's Screwed Up Click. Also known as Mr. Fat Pat and P-A-T, he was most prolific in the mid-1990s alongside his brother Big Hawk and longtime friend Lil' Keke. Fat Pat was signed to Wreckshop Records. Pat met DJ Screw at a young age and they were the main people who organized the Click's early material. Big Hawk joined them after Pat encouraged him to join up.

On February 3rd, 1998, Fat Pat was shot dead after collecting an appearance fee from a promoter's apartment. He was found lying face down on the floor, suspected to be waiting for the man to arrive with his money. Two weeks later his debut album, Ghetto Dreams, was released. He was the first member of the Screwed Up Click to die, followed by DJ Screw. He is also considered a member of the 27 Club, due to his premature and tragic death. The album release party became a wake of sorts, with rap artists such as Scarface, Willie D, Lil' Keke, DJ Screw, the Botany Boys and South Park Mexican in attendance to pay their respects. Four months later Wreckshop Records released his second album, Throwed In Tha Game, which featured the single Holla At 'Cha Later. Weeks later DJ Screw and the Screwed Up Click released their group's debut album, Screwed Up For Life. It has been said that Fat Pat would have been the first artist from the Screwed Up Click to go nationwide.

Fat Pat's brother Big Hawk was also shot dead eight years later, on May 1, 2006. There are beliefs that the money Pat was allegedly to have received from the promoter was the cause of Big Hawk's drive-by shooting death.

Fat Pat highly influenced fellow Houston rapper Paul Wall's life, who named his first-born son William Patrick Hawkins in memory of his friend. The lines "Were 3rd coast born I mean were Texas raised" from Pat's song 3rd Coast were used in Wall's hit song They Don't Know, respectfully.