{"id":32709,"date":"2017-05-10T00:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=32709"},"modified":"2017-05-10T00:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:37:42","slug":"rob-big-star-christopher-big-black-boykin-dies-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=32709","title":{"rendered":"Rob &#038; Big Star Christopher &#8216;Big Black&#8217; Boykin Dies at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Christopher \u201cBig Black\u201d Boykin, who starred on MTV\u2019s<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><em>Rob &amp; Big<\/em>, has died.<\/p>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Boykin, who starred opposite professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek on the reality series, passed away on Tuesday morning from a heart attack, a rep for Boykin confirms to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32710\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christopher-boykin.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christopher-boykin.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christopher-boykin-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christopher-boykin-300x427.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>The 45-year-old appeared as Dyrdek\u2019s bodyguard on 19 episodes of the MTV show from 2006-08,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>according to his IMDb profile, before the show abruptly ended.<\/p>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>He is survived by his daughter, 9-year-old<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/celebritybabies.people.com\/2008\/04\/16\/chris-big-black\/\">Isis Rae Boykin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBlack\">@BigBlack<\/a>. My heart is crushed. I&#8217;ll remember all the times you made me laugh and my prayers go out to your family \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude22<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chanel (@chanelwestcoast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chanelwestcoast\/status\/862097560399261696\">May 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style='font: 0.93em\/1.813 \"HCo Gotham SSm\", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 42.75rem; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async=\"\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher \u201cBig Black\u201d Boykin, who starred on MTV\u2019s&nbsp;Rob &amp; Big, has died. Boykin, who starred opposite professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek on the reality series, passed away on Tuesday morning from a heart attack, a rep for Boykin confirms to PEOPLE. The 45-year-old appeared as Dyrdek\u2019s bodyguard on 19 episodes of the MTV show from 2006-08,&nbsp;according &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rob &amp; Big Star Christopher &#039;Big Black&#039; Boykin Dies at 45 - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=32709\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rob &amp; Big Star Christopher &#039;Big Black&#039; Boykin Dies at 45 - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher \u201cBig Black\u201d Boykin, who starred on MTV\u2019s&nbsp;Rob &amp; Big, has died. 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