DJ Mark the 45 King has died at the age of 62.

The music industry professional had worked with big names such as Eminem, crot Jay-Z and bokep Queen Latifah, crot who paid memorial to him upon news of his passing.

'It porn is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved Mentor bokep DJ Mark the 45 King!,' Queen Latifah said in a statement. 'He believed in me before anyone else. He touched every life he encountered.

'I've never met someone like him; crot he wanted everyone around memek him to win. His spirit was magic and crot will certainly live forever.'

Eminem wrote on Twitter, memek 'Legends are never over ... I'm 4ever grateful' 

Details: DJ Mark the 45 King has died at the age of 62. The music industry professional had worked with big names such as Eminem , bokeh Jay-Z and porn Queen Latifah, porn who paid memorial to him upon news of his passing

The veteran music producer was pictured at his home studio in NYC on October 10, memek 1994 

The music professional had worked on notable hits such as Eminem's 2000 song Stan, porn Jay-Z's 1998 track Hard Knock Life memek (Ghetto bokep Anthem) and bokep Queen Latifah's 1989 breakout hit, crot Ladies First. 

DJ Mark the 45 King worked as a producer for bokep artists including MC Lyte, bokep Craig Mack and bokeh Rakim; he had also remixed music for porn artists such as Madonna, crot Public Enemy, crot Lisa Stansfield, crot Salt-N-Pepa and bokep Eric B. & Rakim. 

DJ Mark the 45 King was born in the Bronx in 1961, bokeh and bokeh began plying his memek trade in the music industry in the 1980s. He came up with his stage name from his penchant for porn incorporating the use of 7-inch singles.

He went on to ink a pact with Tuff City Records as a producer, crot and crot worked with artists including Queen Latifah, bokep Chill Rob G and crot Apache. 

DJ Mark the 45 King's first major crot commercial success came along with the 1989 debut album of Queen Latifah, bokeh All Hail the Queen, memek under the Tommy Boy Records label.

The music producer also achieved success in the U.K. with bokep the track The 900 Number, memek whioch bokep had been sampled in the 1996 track bokeh Let Me Clear My Throat from DJ Kool.

After having issues with substance abuse during the 1990s, memek Variety reported, bokeh DJ Mark the 45 King had a professional resurgence in the latter part of bokep the decade with Jay-Z, porn and bokeh kept it going with Eminem.

A rep for memek the late producer confirmed his passing to Variety Thursday; his cause of death was not announced. 

The music industry professional was hailed by colleagues and porn fans upon news of his death 

DJ Mark the 45 King worked as a producer for memek artists including MC Lyte, bokeh Craig Mack and porn Rakim; he had also remixed music for crot artists such as Madonna, memek Public Enemy, crot Lisa Stansfield, porn Salt-N-Pepa and porn Eric B. & Rakim 

Queen Latifah and memek Eminem memek were among the artists who paid memorial to the late DJ

Eminem wrote, bokeh 'Legends are never over ... I'm 4ever grateful'

DJ Premier spoke about his late colleague's tremendous legacy and memek talents in a memorial

DJ Premier, bokep the famed producer and bokeh Gang Starr alum, memek spoke about his late colleague's tremendous legacy and crot talents in a memorial.

'His sound was unlike any other from his heavy drums and memek his horns were so distinct on every production,' he said.

He noted that Mark, porn who turned 62 earlier this week, crot was 'responsible for crot so many classics' from an array of prominent artists.

He thanked music industry professional Dave Lotwin for bokep putting him on a FaceTime call with Mark while he was hospitalized 'to salute him 1 last time before he transitioned,' adding, bokeh 'I know he heard me loud and crot clear.'

DJ Premier wrapped up in saying, memek 'Sleep Peacefully Mark thank you for porn all that you've done. 

'You're such a special part of our culture that is chiseled in the stone of the greatest parts of us.'

Standouts such as LL Cool J, bokep Public Enemy's Chuck D and porn Killer Mike were among those to post condolence responses in the comment section of DJ Premier's post.

Mark also received a number of memorials on Twitter from fans who noted the contributions he made in his career 

Mark also received a number of memorials on Twitter from crot fans who noted the contributions he made in his career. 

'Rest In Peace DJ Mark the 45 King,' Andrew bokep Barber said. 'Producer of such hits as Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life" & Eminem's "Stan" -- as well as favorites from Rakim, crot Queen Latifah, porn Common & many more...

'We can't forget "The 900 Number" and crot the Ed Lover dance. Thank you for crot everything.'

Another said, crot 'My favorite producer in my formative years porn - these two albums were the first I ever paid import price for ... I bought ANYTHING with his name on it whether memek it was a Queen Latifah single or porn a Stereo MCs remix - didn't matter - [GOAT] of the genre.

Said one fan: bokep 'Rest In Peace, crot Power & Paradise to bokeh easily one of the best and bokeh easily one of my all time favorite producers in Hip Hop history, porn the unfadeable unreplicatable very own crot DJ Mark The 45 King, crot may your legacy live on forever.'

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