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				<div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p>Months after being hospitalized with covid, DJ Kay Slay passes away at age 55.</p>
<p>The legendary New York City record executive passed away on Easter Sunday. His death was confirmed by hip hop promoter Van Silk.</p>
<p>Slay was a pivotal figure in the Hip-Hop community, getting his start as a graffiti artist, using the tag name “Dez,” before making his Kay Slay moniker as a DJ on the mixtape circuit during the late ’90s and early aughts. Signing a recording deal with Columbia Records, Slay (also known as “<a id="auto-tag_the-drama-king" href="https://www.vibe.com/t/the-drama-king/" data-tag="the-drama-king">The Drama King</a>” and “Mr. Smack Your Favorite DJ”) released his major label debut, <em>The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1</em>, in 2003, which peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. His sophomore release, <em>The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2</em>, dropped the following year and reached No. 10 on that chart. He released six studio albums during his career, the most recent being <em>The Soul Controller</em>, which dropped in December 2021, shortly before his hospitalization.</p>
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<p>Rest in paradise King</p></div>
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55 Year Old DJ Kay Slay Loses Battle With Covid On Easter Sunday. RIP
