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Radio and club DJ Mister Cee, real name Calvin LeBrun, has died, according to a statement released by New York radio station Hot 97. He was 57. No cause or location was given.

“As a family at Hot 97 and Wbls, we’re deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Mister Cee. He wasn’t just a DJ,” said the statement. “He was a pillar of our stations, bringing joy to countless listeners with his legendary Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live sets.

“Mr. Cee’s influence stretched far beyond the airwaves, shaping the very fabric of NYC’s DJ culture. Our hearts are heavy as we send our love and condolences to his family and the fans whose lives he touched through his music. Rest easy, Mr. Cee. Your legacy will live forever.”

Mr. Cee was also known as “The Finisher,” and is credited with discovering hip-hop legend The Notorious B.

Calvin LeBrun, known in New York as the legendary DJ Mister Cee, has died at 57. On Tuesday, New York radio station Hot 97 announced the news, citing his family’s confirmation of the DJ’s death. No cause of death was revealed.

Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg took to X to pay tribute to his former colleague. “We have lost the iconic Mister Cee. I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important...

Mister Cee, a longtime DJ for New York City’s Hot 97 radio station, has died at 57 years old.

Hot 97 reports that Mister Cee’s family has confirmed his passing, but the cause of death is currently unknown.

“He wasn’t just a DJ; he was a pillar of our stations, bringing joy to countless listeners with his legendary Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live sets,” the station said in a statement. “Mr. Cee’s influence stretched far beyond the airwaves, shaping the very fabric of NYC’s DJ culture.”

Born Calvin LeBrun in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mister Cee broke into hip-hop during the late 1980s as pioneering rapper Big Daddy Kane’s official DJ.

Mister Cee was also one of The Notorious B.I.G.’s earliest supporters. In addition to helping to promote Biggie’s 1991 demo tape, he would serve as an executive producer on...

Mister Cee, the legendary hip-hop DJ and beloved host of “The Set It Off Show” on LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio, passed away. He was 57.

Join Rock the Bells Radio in honoring Mister Cee throughout the day, including during Torae’s live tribute show tonight (April 10) at 9pm Et. Rock the Bells Radio is available on the SiriusXM app and radios with a subscription or free three-month trial.

From working with Big Daddy Kane to discovering Biggie

Born Calvin LeBrun in Brooklyn in 1966, Mister Cee met soon-to-be hip-hop phenom Big Daddy Kane in high school, before being the DJ on Kane’s 1988 debut album, “Long Live the Kane.”

Mister Cee worked with several other hip-hop icons as well – including the Notorious B.I.G, when Mister Cee created the demo tape that led Biggie to sign with Bad Boy Records and co-produced the groundbreaking “Ready to Die album” (1994).

Over the years,...

As J. Cole put a bow on this year’s Dreamville Festival, he worked an apology heard-’round-hip-hop into the introduction to one of his biggest and most sentimental songs, “Love Yourz.” “The past two days have felt terrible,” he said, earnestly admitting he’s lost sleep over “7 Minute Drill,” his nuanced but ill-received jab back at Kendrick Lamar for dissing him and Drake (mostly Drake) on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”

On stage, Cole explained that “Love Yourz” signified a turning point a decade ago, one where...

In a tearful interview on Hot 97, DJ Mister Cee admitted that he has had oral sex with transgender men, and solicited transgender prostitutes in the past, but hasn’t since his arrest in May.

On Sept. 11, an audio clip surfaced from popular male blogger, Bimbo Winehouse, where a voice was heard that was allegedly DJ Mister Cee, soliciting sex from him, agreeing to pay $100 for sex. The famed DJ announced his resignation that day — however, he came back on air on Sept. 12 for a new interview.

Is Mr. Cee Resigning From Hot 97 After Prostitution Scandal?

In May 2013, Mister Cee, whose full name is Calvin LeBrun was arrested for soliciting a prostitute, and admitted on Hot 97 he had “an addiction…to prostitution.”

On the 11th, Mister Cee said on air that the video surfaced is from a year ago, and later in the segment announced he was retiring. Shortly after, General...

Mister Cee (left) and 50 Cent

In case you hadn't heard, Calvin Lebrun (a.k.a. influential hip hop producer and DJ Mister Cee) was arrested last week in a sex sting. The NYPD "Secret Fellatio Task Force" (plum assignment there!) caught him in the back seat of a parked car with twenty-year-old Brooke-Lynn Pinklady.

Mister Cee is a pretty big deal in the hip hop world. He worked as the deejay for Big Daddy Kane and he was a producer on Notoriious B.I.G.'s debut album. Currently, he's a radio DJ for NYC radio station Hot 97.

As you can probably imagine a lot of people in the notoriously homophobic rap community are taking pot shots at him.

Of course, if the married Mister Cee had been caught in a compromising position with a biological woman he probably would've gotten cheers, but getting caught with a guy? That's a...

My plane had just landed at La Guardia (I had just gotten my signal back) when I heard Mr. Cee, a Hot 97 DJ and hip hop veteran (for those of you outside the tri-state area), allegedly got caught by NYPD getting dome from a male prostitute last Wednesday. In turn, the story goes viral Sunday night and the message boards of every Black site reporting the story go nuts with homophobic rants on Monday...