When reporters arrived at the scene there was already a U-Haul truck parked in his driveway, which was later loaded with what appeared to be boxes of his belongings. Busta Rhymes and DJ Funkmaster Flex were among the veritable hip-hop royalty spotted on the usually quiet street, which for hours was transformed into a tearful red carpet of sorts. The rap star was seen sporadically entering and exiting a silver Rolls Royce Phantom parked nearby.
Lighty took his final breaths. It was Mr. Lighty who breathed the first life into many of their careers. Lighty is responsible for branding hip hop. He encouraged the talents he represented to take endorsement deals, which not only earned them major wealth, but also allowed them to non-conspicuously cross into the mainstream. For instance, Mr. Lighty was instrumental in facilitating the endorsement deal between his client 50 Cent and Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, according to Dan Charnas, who wrote about the partnership in his book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop.
Though Mr. Nelson Prevost, a used car dealer who said he lived in the building across from Mr. Lighty on Bronx River Avenue and knew him since they both were 15 years old and attending Monroe High School, confessed that he could never imagine Mr.
In fact, many of those closest to the music magnate don't believe that he committed suicide at all and are calling for authorities to re-open the case. We don't know what happened at that moment," Fat Joe argued reluctantly when he appeared on "RapFix Live" on Wednesday.
Medical examiners officially ruled that his death was a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Digital downloads began crushing the music business, and by , commissions from his artists were less frequent. But tension between the couple remained high. In June , he was treated for depression at a Connecticut hospital, but returned more stressed than ever. On August 30, , Lighty dropped his eldest daughter, Tiffany, off at the airport and doubled back to his Riverdale home to find movers taking his furniture.
Lighty spoke on the phone with his accountant, who told him about a new hefty tax bill, and then walked out on his patio. Moments later, a shot rang out. With a request still pending to reopen the case, the investigator remains tight-lipped about what he discovered.
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