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CHRIS
Issue 46 / 2012
S
ND
GE
LE
LIGHTY
R.I.P
1968-2012
As the Hip Hop industry mourns the death a great, we ask; what events lead
to the untimely death of this exceptional man?
Chris Lightey was a Hip Hop
legend, mogul and manager to
dozens of music heavyweights
including LL Cool J, P Diddy
and 50cent. In what had been
ruled to be a suicide by the
investigating bodies, Lighty was
found dead outside his home in
the Bronx, New York after the
police received a phone call on
Thursday 30th of August. When
the officers responded to the
call, they found Lighty dead with
a gunshot wound to the head
and semi automatic lying beside
him. Lighty was only 44 years
old. Although Lighty was not
known in the general public, he
was highly influential in R&B and
Hip Hop. He began his career
in the 80���s and after working
briefly for Russell Simmons
Rush Artist Management, he
decided to launch his own artist
management
firm
Violater.
Lighty was highly successful
in bringing in great talent and
doing whatever was necessary
to propel his artists even
further; he is even said to be the
man behind 50cent���s lucrative
Vitamin Water deal. However,
after several years of successful
artist management, the good
times did not last- the industry
changed and this proved to be
difficult with Violater suffering
significant financial losses as a
result. Reports claim that at the
time of his death, Lighty had
been dealing with a number
of difficulties, a reported IRS
debt of more than 5 million
dollars and an impending
divorce. Regardless of all the
allegation and suspicions, one
thing is clear: Chris Lighty
was an exceptional man and
business person, he supported
and inspired many musicians
and was a great father and role
model, not to mention making
an extraordinary contribution to
the Hip Hop and R&B industry.
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