R.I.P Fly Ty of Cold Chillin Records

[Sir Brehsington]

How this thread been up for nearly 2 hours and not 1 response? SMH. Ain't no real hip hop heads on this site. Dude was a pioneer and innovator. This is shocking news cuz I know he wasn't that old. Thread needs to be stickied.

Absolute facts. Thanks for speaking up.

 

[surv2syn]

Sorry I just got to this but this is an ABSOLUTE LEGEND. He, Andre Harrell and Russell Simmons were all roomates together before they broke through in the industry. This was Mr. Magic's right hand man and Mr. Magic is the one who started the Juice Crew. Ty took most of those Juice Crew members and started Cold Chillin Records distributed through Prism records (an R&B and Disco label). He was every bit as much as a genius and success as his aforementioned roommates except he was low key and stayed out of the public eye. He was sort of like the Al Haymon of Hip Hop. I cant really put in to words his impact on hip hop but the emergence of Kool G Rap, Kane, Granddaddy I.U. (RIP), Craig G, and Masta Ace closed the talent gap quickly that separated Rakim from every other lyricist at the time and ushered in a new wave of lyricists such as Nas and AZ. This is the man that had Kool G. Rap airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery for an aneurysm and he a huge part of the success of the legendary Marley Marl who along with Shan spawned a whole legion on MC's from the place known as Queensbridge.

Salute to this pioneer and TRULY unsung hero of our culture. Rest Well Mr. Tyrone "Fly Ty" Williams. Job well done!

 

[surv2syn]

daps for all. I hope one day we can get the Juice Crew movie, I mean we already got a Shante movie