DJ Kay Slay, the venerated hip-hop DJ known as rap’s “Drama King,” died Sunday, April 17, due to complications related to Covid-19. He was 55. The New York City radio station Hot 97 ...

According to his biography on Hot 97, Kay Slay grew up in Harlem, where he ascended the musical ladder by refereeing MC battles via his “Streetsweeper” mixtapes.

DJ Kay Slay, Fiery Radio Star and Rap Mixtape Innovator, Dies at 55 The onetime graffiti artist and New York D.J. for Hot 97 was known for breaking artists and stoking beefs that gave fuel to the ...

Hip-hop star Keith Grayson — the East Harlem graffiti tagger, radio disc jockey, mixtape master, MC battle referee and recording artist better known as DJ Kay Slay — died Sunday, due to ...

DJ Kay Slay, a swaggering ... By the early 2000s, he had traded his spray paint for turntables, creating mix tapes that were sold at specialty stores and on street corners, ...

Kay Slay had a hand in the rise of iconic MCs like 50 Cent, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, and so many more, by putting them on his mixtapes, giving them radio play, or allowing them to open shows.

Kay Slay later got into drug distribution and landed in prison in the late 1980s. After his release in 1990, Kay Slay sold mixtapes to support himself.. Slay was so prolific and talented with the ...

DJ Kay Slay: 5 Things To Know About NY Hip-Hop Icon Who Died At 55. The New York rap star died at age 55, after a battle with COVID-19. His family announced his passing in a statement.

Hip-hop star Keith Grayson — the East Harlem graffiti tagger, radio disc jockey, mixtape master, MC battle referee and recording artist better known as DJ Kay Slay — died Sunday, due to ...

DJ Kay Slay was one of the most prominent figures in the early to mid-2000s mixtape era. Pic credit: @DJKaySlay/Instagram. Hip Hop icon DJ Kay Slay died at 55 months after a COVID-19 battle.