DJ Kay Slay, prolific hip-hop disc jockey and record executive, died Sunday due to complications from COVID-19.
“We ask that you respect our privacy as we grieve this tragic loss.”
Kay Slay was hospitalized in early January, longtime music managerWack 100 shared on Instagram.
DJ Kay Slay.Johnny Nunez/WireImage
He became a prominent DJ in the mixtape scene in the early 2000s.
The hip-hop pioneer has released six studio albums, including the recentThe Soul Controllerin 2021.
“Cats know it’s no holds barred with me,” Kay Slay toldThe Times.
“They know that I’m not going to edit anything.
It’s going out the way you gave it to me.
No watering down.”
Kay Slay also had a longstanding slot on Hot 97’s “The Drama Hour.”
The radio station remembered the prolific disc jockey in a statement Monday.
“We cherish the many memories created through the twenty-plus years he dedicated to the ‘Drama Hour.’
