This is old news, almost 10 years old...but basically when Pov Thoj passed away mysteriously in January of 1999, rumors circulated that perhaps Su Thao had a role in his death. Of course, Su is a public Hmong figure and ppl say all sorts of sh!t about well-known people all the time. I guess you can understand why people would speculate, but I think it's kinda a whole load of BS... If you've seen Pov Thoj's last movie, "Txhob Yuam Kev Hlub", his wife is in it as the cousin of the girl he likes. She's not all that...certainly not worth Su Thao destroying his biggest source of $$$ over. If anything, it would be business-motivated, not for a woman. I do find it ironic that Pov's brothers (especially Coob) who have such good voices (tho not as good as Pov's) have avoided business with Su Thao.
Pov Thoj was young (just turned 26 when he died), charismatic, and had the sweetest voice ever...After he died, all those other similar sounding artists came out (Tub Xyooj, Pov Lis, etc...)For all we know, his death may have been just simply a terrible tragic accident...or not. Who knows? But because he died under "mysterious" circumstances and no autopsy was ever performed, people like to talk about conspiracy theories. He left behind an all-too brief legacy but his voice will grace the world forever. Hopefully one day the truth will come out and people can finally lay all these rumors/conspiracy to rest.
As for Su Thao, his business hasn't been the same ever since...He hasn't really taken on any contract artists the way he did in the 90s with Luj Yaj, Maiv Muas, and Pov Thoj. I gotta give him props tho...he's a brilliant businessman and he knows who can sing and who can't.