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, 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, ...

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 Dies After Long COVID-19 Battle. The record spinner, producer and label exec, known for his all-star 'Streetsweeper' series of studio albums and more than two dozen mixtapes, died ...

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, 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 ...

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.

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 ...

DJ Kay Slay, an influential member of the New York hip-hop scene whose raucous mixtapes became legendary, has died from Covid-19 complications. His family confirmed his death through a statement ...

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.