DJ Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, died on Sunday after battling COVID-19 for months, his family and Hot 97 confirmed in statements Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine.

On this date in 2022, the hip-hop world lost one of its most prolific voices when DJ Kay Slay, known affectionately as “The Drama King,” passed away at the age of 55 due to complications ...

E-40: I was on Rap City around 2003, and we had just pulled up to the video shoot and [host] Big Tigger was like, “We got the Drama King DJ Kay Slay in the house.” And I was freestyling in the ...