Chris Lighty

When news reports surfaced saying hip-hop manager Chris Lighty died, the whole hip-hop community was saddened. In the midst of everyone’s grief, there were people…

50 Cent has hired several private detectives to investigate the death of his former manager Chris Lighty, according to MyFoxNY.com. Last month, Lighty’s body was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head in his Bronx apartment. The New York Medical Examiner ruled the tragedy a suicide, but Lighty’s brother Dave Lighty has since cast […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of late hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty has asked for a second autopsy after a medical examiner ruled his death in New York last week a suicide. Forensic pathologist Michael Baden said Wednesday that he performed the second autopsy at the family's request. He says he's awaiting test results. Baden […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of hip-hop's biggest stars are gathering for the Manhattan funeral of manager Chris Lighty. The mourners Wednesday include Sean "Diddy" Combs, Missy Elliott, Q-Tip, LL Cool J, Russell Simmons, 50 Cent and Grandmaster Flash. The 44-year-old hip-hop mogul was found dead in his Bronx apartment last week with a gunshot […]

Two black men died untimely deaths in the last two weeks. One, Michael Clarke Duncan, was a major movie star known to millions as John Coffey in “The Green Mile,” the other, music manager Darrell “Baby Chris” Lighty, was well known to the music industry but not as much of a public figure. The two […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A hip-hop mogul who managed Sean "Diddy" Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey was found dead in his New York City apartment Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said. Chris Lighty, 44, was discovered at his home in the Bronx with a gunshot wound to the head, and was pronounced dead […]