{"id":68798,"date":"2022-04-19T12:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=68798"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:03:25","slug":"he-was-55-years-old-hip-hop-star-dj-kay-slay-died-of-corona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/he-was-55-years-old-hip-hop-star-dj-kay-slay-died-of-corona\/","title":{"rendered":"He was 55 years old: hip-hop star DJ Kay Slay died of Corona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DJ Kay Slay died at the age of 55 after suffering from a corona disease. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The DJ and radio host was also known under the pseudonyms &#8220;The Drama King&#8221; or &#8220;Kay Slay&#8221; and as a graffiti artist under &#8220;Dez&#8221;. Keith Grayson, his real name, died last Sunday after a month-long battle with the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;DJ Kay Slay is a dominant figure in hip-hop culture with millions of fans worldwide and will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy that will last for generations,&#8221; he said in a statement, according to People Family. Hip-hop network Hot 97, for which Kay Slay hosted shows, tweeted: &#8220;As a cultural icon, Kay Slay was more than just a DJ, to us he was family and an important part of what made Hot 97 a success made the broadcaster it is today.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rappers mourn him<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The hip-hop world has also spoken out about DJ Kay Slay&#8217;s death. Rapper Snoop Dogg (50) posted a picture of the deceased on Instagram with the words: &#8220;Thank you for being you. God bless your soul. Say hello to my mother for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50 Cent (46) also remembered the DJ with a picture and the words &#8220;rest in peace, K slay, God bless you&#8221;. Colleague Ice-T (64) explained: &#8220;I followed his whole struggle in the hospital. I honestly thought he would pull through. It really hurts. F\u2026 Covid. Rest in peace Drama King.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJ Kay Slay died at the age of 55 after suffering from a corona disease. The DJ and radio host was also known under the pseudonyms &#8220;The Drama King&#8221; or &#8220;Kay Slay&#8221; and as a graffiti artist under &#8220;Dez&#8221;. Keith Grayson, his real name, died last Sunday after a month-long battle with the disease. &#8220;DJ &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":68799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}