Chris Lighty ist gestorben

Der 1968 geborene Musikproduzent und –manager Chris Lighty (Bild), Gründer der Firma Violator (Nas, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Missy Elliott, L.L. Cool J, 50 Cent etc.) ist gestern Donnerstag in New York City gestorben. Die New York Times nannte ihn «one of the most powerful figures in the hip-hop business.»

Photo: Courtesy of Violator Management, http://www.violator.com/ – http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/05/10/chris-lighty-launches-new-website.html

«Chris Lighty, an influential manager of hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Diddy, was found dead on Thursday morning at his home in the Bronx, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 44.»

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/arts/music/chris-lighty-manager-of-hip-hop-stars-dies-at-44.html?_r=1

«’It’s just devastating,‘ said Dan Charnas, author of ‚The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop‘ who featured Lighty in the final chapters of his book. ‚He was the personification of hip hop’s growth into the world.’»

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hip-hop-manager-chris-lighty-dead-apparent-suicide-bronx-apartment-cops-article-1.1148073#ixzz25ANYBCpB

«Lighty helped build hip-hop from the ground up: carrying the crates for DJ Red Alert in the Eighties, touring with Boogie Down Productions and sharpening his business skills under the tutelage of Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons. He joined Simmons‘ Rush Artist Management in 1989 before leaving the following year to launch his own firm, Violator, with Mona Scott.»

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hip-hop-manager-chris-lighty-found-dead-20120830#ixzz25APUnUjz

«After the news broke, tributes began pouring in from some of music’s biggest names: ‚Another tragic & inconceivable loss for the culture,‘ wrote Nicki Minaj. ‚U never know what can send a person over the edge or make them want 2 keep living,‘ tweeted Mary J Blige. ‚Take it easy on people. We are so fragile.‘ But Chuck D was more angry: ‚R I P Chris Lighty [Shake my head] to the mongrels that have made the BLACKmusic industry a depressing game to drag such good cats into a pit of bullsht.‘

The breadth of artists issuing condolences reflected the scale of Lighty’s influence: from Rihanna and ?uestlove to Ghostface Killah and Rev Run, as well as Donald Glover, Fred Durst, Pete Wentz and Kim Kardashian.»

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/31/chris-lighty-dies-44?newsfeed=true

«Chris Lighty betreute Hip-Hop-Stars wie 50 Cent, Sean Combs, Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes und Showgrössen wie Mariah Carey. Nun wurde der Manager mit einer Schusswunde tot aufgefunden. ‚Er wird eine grosse Lücke hinterlassen‘, sagte 50 Cent.»

http://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/hip-hop-mogul-chris-lighty-manager-von-50-cent-tot-aufgefunden_aid_810442.html

Mehr:

http://www.violator.com/

http://chrislighty.com/

http://www.bet.com/topics/c/chris-lighty.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lighty

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1825317/