George Floyd was raised in Houston and briefly rapped with the group in the mid-1990s. He later joined a group called Presidential Playas which released one album in 2000. On May 25, 2020, he was killed in police custody in an incident that led to worldwide protests and riots. On April 20, 2021, Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, was convicted of three counts related to the murder.