Calvin LeBrun, better known as legendary DJ Mister Cee, has passed away, according to longtime employers Hot 97 and WLBS.
Known as “The Finisher”, Mister Cee has been a fixture on the New York airwaves for over 25 years, leading the “Throwback at Noon” block on Hot 97 where he played old school hip-hop classics. Most recently, he took over the same lunchtime slot on New York's 94.7 The Block, where he would also play classic hip-hop and R&B songs.
LeBrun got his start when he met Big Daddy Kane at Brooklyn's Sarah J. Hale High School and eventually started DJing for the rap legend. He was featured on Kane's debut album Long live Kane in the track “Mister Cee's Master Plan” where he can be heard scribbling on the record.
However, Mister Cee's claim to fame wasn't being Kane's DJ or even being part of the legendary Juice Crew, it was for helping to discover arguably the greatest rapper of all time in the Notorious BIG The finale featured Biggie from his friend DJ. 50 Grand and passed along Big's demo tape to Matty C at The source magazine that eventually landed the Brooklyn MC in the influential magazine's Unsigned Hype column. It was his inclusion in that column that led to a meeting with Puff Daddy of Bad Boy Records. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Younger generations may remember Mister Cee from his looks Grand Theft Auto IV where he co-hosted The Beat 102.7 alongside DJ Green Lantern.
LeBron's cause of death has not been released. He was 57 years old.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/mister-cee-dead-obituary-1235653440/
