Austin hip-hop drummer Lamondo "Tiny" Watkins worked with Riders Against the Storm, Max Frost, rapper/producer Reggie Coby and the League of Extraordinary G'z (LOEGZ), in addition to bluesman Malford Milligan and R&B singer Courtney Sanchez.



A military veteran who relocated to central Texas from California in 2003, Lamondo Watkins became the go-to beat keeper in Austin’s hip-hop community.



Lamondo "Tiny" Watkins died at Saint David’s South Austin Medical Center Saturday due to complications of heart surgery. He was 35.