LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mister Cee, one of hip-hop’s pioneering DJs and a New York City radio personality who played an instrumental role in the Notorious B.I.G.‘s debut album, has died. He was 57.
The famed disk jockey’s death was confirmed Wednesday by Skip Dillard, the brand manager at 94.7 The Block NYC, where Cee had a show. The cause of death has not been announced.
“We’ve lost one of the most important figures in the industry,” 94.7 The Block said in a social media post.
Mister Cee was a key player in the rap community. He was formerly Big Daddy Kane’s DJ and an executive producer on The Notorious B.I.G.’s groundbreaking 1994 debut, “Ready to Die.”
The New York native was also a radio personality on his hometown’s Hot 97. But he briefly quit his gig in 2013 after arrests in connection with soliciting prostitutes. Audio of one encounter surfaced online.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
Village in China's Henan transformed by cultural industries
Over 70 national IP protection centers under construction or in operation in China
Carriers sanguine on travel season
Messi in and Dybala out in Argentina squad for pre
Freight trains to Europe and back set record in Northeast
Shanghai company completes world's first delivery of 'air taxi'
(HKSAR 25) Feature: Hong Kong Palace Museum
Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
A paragliding amateur aims to discover more beauty of Xinjiang
Who is Abi Carter? Inside the American Idol winner's unconventional family life
Xinhua Commentary: For China and U.S., One's Success Is an Opportunity for the Other