DJ Kay Slay

New York City hip-hop star and graffiti artist DJ Kay Slay died on Easter Sunday at 55 after a harrowing four month battle with COVID-19.

DJ Kay Slay was reported earlier this year to have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. Last December, he released his 'The Soul Controller' project.

DJ Kay Slay was a graffiti artist, a prominent DJ in NYC's early 2000s mixtape scene, and much more.

Legendary New York City DJ Kay Slay has passed away HipHopDX can confirm. According to veteran Hip Hop promoter Van Silk, he died on Easter Sunday (April ...

The NY-based legendary hip-hop ambassador passed away Sunday, first confirmed by Wack 100, and then others, as tributes started to pour in from across the ...

The DJ and radio executive worked with Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Three 6 Mafia, and more.

Grayson was reportedly hospitalized with Covid complications back in January. At the time, longtime hip-hop manager, Wack100, posted a note about his condition ...

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 ...

Keith Grayson's death was confirmed in a statement released through Hot 97, the radio station where he hosted The Drama Hour.

As a DJ, Kay Slay (born Keith Grayson) released multiple albums and mixtapes, beginning with The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1 in 2003, which peaked at No. 4 on ...

Pioneering hip-hop artist Keith Grayson, who performed as DJ Kay Slay, has died of complications from COVID-19. He worked with stars such as Nas, ...

Hip hop pioneer DJ Kay Slay has died at 55 after a four-month battle with COVID-19, Hot 97 and his family confirmed Monday.

Keith Grayson, the influential hip hop mixtape artist, graffiti icon and New York radio host known as DJ Kay Slay, died at age 55.

Keith Grayson's death at age 55 on Sunday was confirmed by his family in a statement released through New York radio station HOT 97, where he hosted “The ...

Influential disc jockey and music executive DJ Kay Slay died Sunday evening after a four-month battle with COVID-19, his family confirmed Monday in a ...

Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, was a DJ at HOT 97, which confirmed the news via a statement from his family. He had been a star since the ...

The one-time graffiti artist and New York D.J. for Hot 97 was known for breaking artists and stoking beefs that gave fuel to the careers of Nas, Jay-Z, ...

He was a swaggering graffiti artist, record executive and radio host who helped shape four decades of New York hip-hop.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pioneering hip hop artist Keith Grayson, who performed as DJ Kay Slay and worked with top stars, has died of complications from COVID-19.

He got his start as a teenage graffiti artist and was featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary "Style Wars." Grayson released several more albums and worked with the likes of Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes. "A dominant figure in hip hop culture with millions of fans worldwide, DJ Kay Slay will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy that will transcend generations," the family statement said.

"DJ Kay Slay will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy that will transcend generations." his family said told HOT 97.

The DJ and record executive, real name Keith Grayson, died at the age of 55 on Sunday following complications related to Covid-19.

Say hi to my mama (sic)”. The DJ and record executive, real name Keith Grayson, died at the age of 55 on Sunday following complications related to Covid-19. His family issued a statement following the sad news:, "Our hearts are broken by the passing of Keith Grayson, professionally known as DJ Kay Slay". Several friends and colleagues commented on the news, with Snoop taking to Instagram to remember the hip-hop pioneer. Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent pay tribute to DJ Kay Slay

Hip-hop lost a giant with the passing of DJ Kay Slay, a legendary DJ and graffiti artist whose impact spanned across generations and regions.

Ja Rule and Murder Inc were on top of the rap game at that point, but Kay Slay didn’t care about the optics of working with their enemy, just like he didn’t care about Roc-A-Fella’s industry pull when it came time to debut “Ether.” If Kay Slay was rocking with an artist or song, he did what he wanted, politics be damned. Kay Slay hosted the legendary Diplomats Volume series, which Cam’ron champions as the first free mixtapes pushed by an act instead of a DJ. Both Maino and Saigon have said that he gave them their first shot in the industry. In 2019, he asked writer Gary Suarez in Forbes, “Can you imagine someone trying to pay 89 artists their fee?” which hammered home how much respect Slay had to have to pull off his 2003 Streetsweeper Vol. 1 album. Even though he admitted that he “underestimated” Kendrick at one point, he still gave him a chance. He had infamous drug dealer Alpo Martinez host one of his mixtapes, and also had audio footage of Alpo and Azie Faizon talking on the phone, which was the first time the public had heard from the Paid In Full muses. Even though he was the drama king, however, he wasn’t just focused on diss tracks and tension. He was nicknamed “Mr. Slap Ya Favorite DJ” because he wasn’t afraid to confront someone if necessary. He was a universally respected DJ whose reach in the hip-hop world spanned across generations and regions. Streetsweepers mixtapes weren’t mere playlists of songs; he brought every collection of tracks into his world, where menace, blaring “damn” ad-libs, and random “bitch-ass niggas” were hurled at listeners at every turn. He reflected on ThisIs50 in 2016 that he got his Hot 97 show because Funkmaster Flex heavily campaigned for him after hearing one of his mixtapes that included an exclusive verse from Jay-Z dissing Meeno from Vacant Lot. He was already a hip-hop legend before rap. A culture is only as strong as its protectors, and with the passing of DJ Kay Slay, hip-hop culture lost a giant.

Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, was a DJ at HOT 97. But he had been a star of the genre since the early 1990s, when mixtapes he produced featured up-and-comers and superstar rappers like Jay- ...