RIP Kay Slay

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I aint even fonting, I was/am a huge Hov stan, and it was crazy back then. The whole station was on Jay's dikk except Kay. I aint even gonna lie, it was a little rough, you look around to see who is supporting your "team" and you have Flex, Angie, but would have preferred Kay Slay, lol, it sucked having the cornballs on your "side".

Regardless of personal feelings it would be hard to argue however that Angie & Flex were national radio figures (to the point where both had label situations) Slay was taking a risk being as demonstrative as he was. Those were fun dramatic times. People really may not understand the magnitude of Jay’s radio/behind the scenes power by that point in NY radio

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

RIP

 

[L $ C]

what was dj paul talking about?

 

[Meowth tote da Uzi]

Breh i saw some dumb ass video on tik tok saying Hopsin was Gucci Mane....these cacs just be saying anything for clicks

We need to stop with the conspiracy bullshyt. Its all fun and games, but some of this shyt is so stupid and insulting to intelligence. Look at this fukking video. This guy claims Conway is Kay Slay. Like we as people need to get away from this shyt and start embracing legit intelligence...

 

[Apollo Kid]

 

[Duke Dixon]

RIP. I used to always listen to his mixtapes when they were on Datpiff.

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

damn...i'm late and shocked by this. RIP king.

 

[cheapshot]

He put a lot of people on through his mixtapes, magazines & shows. RIP Kay Slay

 

[Harry B]

We need to stop with the conspiracy bullshyt. Its all fun and games, but some of this shyt is so stupid and insulting to intelligence. Look at this fukking video. This guy claims Conway is Kay Slay. Like we as people need to get away from this shyt and start embracing legit intelligence...

What's the sick shyt, the dumbest factions of the hood really be getting dumber of the internet by following even dumber people.

 

[Harry B]

Sad shyt, rip, dude was so hiphop

 

[Montez]

First Ballot Hip Hop Hall of Famer.

 

[The ADD]

Damn, just damn

 

[maxamusa]

WARNING: THE DRAMA KING IN THE BUILDING...

Kayslay was official and this a giant loss for hip-hop. He kept us feed. His contribution was enormous and deserves all the flowers and praise. Hope he's up in the heavens slappin the shyt outta DJs

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

Just a devastating loss

Kay Slay was the first DJ to play NaS "Ether" on his mixtape: Renegades Part 3.5 hosted by Noreaga. Slay was an absolute monster by 2001 & completely snatched the crown from Clue by sheer force & volume. He was dropping tapes with exclusives EVERY WEEK of the year.

As a huge NaS fan, I always appreciated Slay because while everyone else was riding Jay-Z and afraid to mess up the Rocafella relationship, he stood tall & rocked with the underdog. When Hot 97 banned NaS music after skipping Summer Jam, Slay still played NaS on air.

The Original Gangsters mixtape series from Kay Slay was absolutely groundbreaking because he had Alpo & Azie hosting his mixtapes back in 2000 before the Paid in Full movie dropped.

Anyone who knew me as a teenager knows what him along with Clue, Envy, Drama, Whoo Kid, Green Lantern, S&S, etc meant to me. I was a mixtape DJ at one point & wanted to be them. Never met Slay before but I'm glad I got to speak to him on Clubhouse & tell him how he inspired me.

Kay Slay was instrumental in getting Cam’ron hot on the streets. He hosted the original diplomats mixtapes. The modern day blueprint for what mixtapes became was all Dipset/Kay Slay & 50/Whoo Kidd. They started full artist mixtapes…..before them everyone went to Djs.


Getting a spot on a Clue or Kay Slay mixtape was like winning American Idol as a rapper. What an era. Still remember hitting the mixtape stores. In philly it was Sounds of Upper Darby, Uptown Flava, 52 street. In NY: Harlem Music Hut, Beatstreet (Brooklyn), Canal street.

 

[feelsthecitybreathin]

damn.....rip to a LEGEND