Calvin LeBrun, recognized in New York because the legendary DJ Mister Cee, has died at 57. On Tuesday, Scorching 97 introduced the information, citing his household confirmed his demise. HiHot 97’s Peter Rosenberg took to X to pay tribute to his former colleague.
“We’ve got misplaced the long-lasting Mister Cee. I listened to him yesterday and am in full shock. He was an expensive pal to all of us, a beautiful man, and one of the vital and impactful DJs of all time. I like you Cee,” Rosenberg wrote.
Within the station’s official assertion concerning his demise, New York’s Scorching 97 stated, “As a household at HOT 97 and WBLS, we’re deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Mister Cee. He wasn’t only a DJ; he was a pillar of our stations, bringing pleasure to numerous listeners along with his legendary Throwback at Midday and Friday Night time Reside units.” Cee, who was helming the Set It Off Present on Sirius XM’s Rock The Bells radio, was additionally famend for DJing events all around the tri-state space for many years.
Together with being a legendary radio fixture, the Brooklynite often called “The Finisher” was the DJ behind Massive Daddy Kane’s Lengthy Reside The Kane debut album and likewise had a hand within the early chapters of the late Infamous B.I.G’s profession. Late Brooklyn DJ 50 Grand obtained the Infamous B.I.G.’s authentic demo and launched him to Cee, who instructed Rock the Bells about assembly Biggie simply final 12 months:
“The primary time I met him was when his DJ 50 Grand, relaxation in peace, introduced Massive to my home. The plan was we had been going to redo the basement demo that he and 50 Grand put collectively,” Mister Cee stated. “Massive was very shy. He would at all times discuss along with his head down and say, ‘Yo man, don’t be promising me nothing, man. For those who say you’re going to do one thing, do it.’ And I’m like, ‘Nah, we’re going to redo the demo.’”
The revitalized demo was then handed to The Supply’s Matteo Glen Capoluongo, aka “Matty C,” who wrote about Biggie within the journal’s Unsigned Hype column. Quickly after, Unhealthy Boy President Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs signed Biggie, and Mister Cee turned the affiliate govt producer on his Prepared To Die debut.
In 2014, Cee was the primary individual to play Fetty Wap’s “Entice Queen” on the radio, spurring the New Jersey artist’s meteoric rise. “I wish to get this document on earlier than it will get to the town, as a result of it’s going to get to New York,” he raved on the time.
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