DJ Kay Slay
DJ Kay Slay
Known as the Drama King, DJ Kay Slay rose to the top of his field by refereeing some of the most talked-about MC battles of the early 2000s, most notably Jay-Z versus Nas and 50 Cent versus Ja Rule, on his Streetsweeper mixtape series and later on his HOT 97 radio show, The Drama Hour.

Born Keith Grayson, the gully loudmouth grew up with his grandparents in Harlem's East River Houses. As Dezzy Dez, his graffiti kingpin tag name at the time, Kaysla made quite a name for himself throughout New York during the late '70s and early '80s. By the early 2000s, he was indeed one of New York's big-time DJs, churning out mixtapes that featured many of the city's top rappers. His big break came during the advent of high-stakes beefing sparked by the unprecedented furor surrounding Jay-Z's bout with Nas. It was Kayslay who first spun "Ether," and from that point on, he became the DJ who rappers would go to with their latest battle raps, another huge debut of his being the Ja Rule-bashing Eminem, 50 Cent, and Busta Rhymes remake of "Hail Mary" that the three would later encore at Summer Jam 2003.

His Streetsweeper mixtapes, which were trademarked by his signature loudmouth voiceovers, were consequently hot commodities during this era, and Columbia Records took the initiative to sign him and finance a major-label version of the Streetsweeper series. Meanwhile, Kay Slay hosted a popular radio show on H0T 97, The Drama Hour, where he would regularly debut the latest battle-rap exclusives. At the end of 2004, Kay slay became the head of A&R for the Shaquille O'Neal financed label DEJA34. Kay Slay's own Game of Death became the label's first release in spring of 2005. Slay has also received recognition from other big name hip-hop DJs, with a case full of Mixtape Awards.

Kay Slay inked a deal with UrbanWorld Wireless, as part of the ringtone category made exclusively for deejays, high profile producers and the hottest unsigned artists, called "Street Beatz", which is accessible on jamster.com.
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