Hip-Hop Pioneer DJ Kay Slay Dead at 55 After COVID Battle: His Legacy 'Will Transcend Generations'

People-Entertainment·2022-04-19 05:02

DJ Kay Slay, a pioneering hip-hop icon, has died. He was 55.

The disc jockey and record executive, whose real name was Keith Grayson, died Sunday evening after a four-month battle with COVID-19.

The news of his death was confirmed in statements obtained by PEOPLE from Hot 97 and his family.

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