NEW YORK — Legendary New York Metropolis DJ Mister Cee has died, the radio station Hot97 confirmed Wednesday.
Mister Cee, whose actual title was Calvin LeBrun, was an influential determine in hip-hop. He was the DJ for Huge Daddy Kane and his producing work for Biggie Smalls — the Infamous B.I.G. — helped launch the rapper to superstardom.
Mister Cee’s “Throwback at Midday” present on Hot97 was one of the vital widespread applications at its time. Extra just lately, he was on Audacy’s “94.7 The Block.”
“He was on the airwaves for Hot97, shaping and molding the tradition,” mentioned Chuck Creekmur, CEO of AllHipHop.com.
CBS New York spoke to Mister Cee in 2023 as New York Metropolis celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop and mirrored on how the music and tradition has modified over the a long time.
“Again then, we was simply getting like cassette tapes … and these cassette tapes would float throughout the town, in order that was our electronic mail so to talk,” Mister Cee mentioned on the time.
His craft began early on from his dwelling in Brooklyn, the place his coronary heart all the time was.
“He referred to as himself ‘the Finisher’ as a result of he was the person that may shut out the set, the occasion,” Creekmur mentioned.
After his household introduced his loss of life Wednesday, reactions poured in from the music, together with DJ Jazzy Jeff, who posted, “Relaxation in peace DJ Mister Cee.”
Hot97’s Peter Rosenberg remembered him as “one of the vital essential and impactful DJs of all time.”
“Mister Cee knew that he was beloved. He felt that love from our group in all places he went,” Creekmur mentioned.
Mister Cee was 57 years previous. His reason for loss of life has not been launched.