
Do not post a song or a live performance of a song that has received more than 45 upvotes in the last 365 Days.No Reposts or Overposted/Favorites List Songs "Where is the line between biting and paying homage drawn?") If you are seeking the answer to a question about the name of a song, the source of a sample, the status of a project, the meaning of a line/song, the appeal of an artist, etc., ask in one of the recurring threads. The only exceptions are for appropriate threads (e.g. Do not post questions or requests outside of the Daily Discussion, Music Recommendations or Sunday General Discussion threads.Users who are found to regularly start/engage in flame wars or harass other users may be banned at moderator discretion. will be removed and may result in a permanent ban at the moderator's discretion. Additionally, comments deemed overtly racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. Unwelcome content and prohibited behavior as defined by Reddit is never allowed.No Unwelcome Content or Prohibited Behavior Please read the Guidelines/FAQ before posting! Favorites/Do Not Post Listĭo not post songs from projects or collections listed on the Overposted/Favorites/Do Not Post List. The latest music, videos & news relating to your favorite hip-hop, R&B & future beats artists. 50 wrote “Rest In Peace K slay God bless you” in a caption on Instagram under a picture of him and the Drama King.Welcome to /r/HipHopHeads! /r/Hiphopheads COVID-19 Donations Thread Since his death on Sunday, several hip hop superstars paid tribute among them was 50 Cent, who partnered with the DJ to put out mixtapes during during his own rise to fame. In the beginning of 2014, “Free Again” was released featuring Fat Joe and 50 Cent. In 2021 Dj Kay Slay released the track “Rolling 110 Deep” which featured 110 hip hop artists with contributing verses from Ice-T, Shaq, Coke La Rock, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, Roy Jones Jr, Omar Epps and others. It debuted and peaked at #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it one of Kay Slay’s most successful singles to date. In 2013, “About That Life” featuring Fabolous, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Nelly and French Montana was released as a single from the project Rhyme or Die. Kay Slay and the song were featured on the 2004 NFL Street video game. Another single and video were released for “Who Gives A…Where You From” with Three 6 Mafia, which peaked at number 89 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. On March 30, 2004, Kay Slay’s second album The Streetsweeper, Vol. The single’s music video includes cameo appearances by Swizz Beatz, N.O.R.E., Raekwon, WC and Lloyd Banks.

The song peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it the DJ’s highest charting single to date.

The single, which features a chorus sung by then-up-and-coming singer Amerie, also features verses from American rappers Birdman, Nas and Foxy Brown. In the summer of 2003, Kay Slay released a single, accompanied by a music video, for a song titled “Too Much For Me”. “It was just something to do that was fun and that I enjoyed doing.” “I didn’t so much set out to be a DJ,” he said. “Hot 97 is shocked and saddened by the loss of our beloved DJ Kay Slay,” the station said in a statement.Īs a youth involved in New York’s flourishing hip-hop scene, Keith witnessed firsthand the ascent of legendary disc jockeys such as Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizzard Theodore, and Kool DJ Red Alert, in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. Grayson released several more albums and worked with the likes of Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes. He began selling bootleg mixtapes on street corners in the early ’90s and released his first studio album, “The Streetsweeper, Vol.


He got his start as a teenage graffiti artist and was featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary “Style Wars.” A post shared by HOT 97 55 year old grew up in Harlem New York City’s early hip hop scene.
