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Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty battled money, marriage woes prior to suicide: sources
BRONX TRAGEDY: Riverdale resident Chris Lighty, who worked with such major hip-hop artists as 50 Cent (inset), shot himself yesterday. (
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Heartbroken from a busted marriage and struggling to pay huge bills, a music manager for such big names as 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and P. Diddy committed suicide at his Bronx home yesterday, law-enforcement sources said.
Troubled hip-hop manager Chris Lighty shot himself in the head as he was preparing to move out of his fabulous West 232nd Street home in Riverdale.
Lighty was in the process of moving his belongings to a U-Haul truck parked outside when he and his estranged wife, Veronica, got into one more huge argument.
“They were arguing about the divorce and it came up that he owed the IRS money,” a law- enforcement source told The Post.
“He went out to the backyard, racked the [9mm] gun . . . then he fired.”
Lighty’s tax bill to Uncle Sam was $5 million, another law-enforcement source said.
City National Bank had recently won a default judgment against Lighty, claiming he bounced checks and ran up overdraft fees totaling $53,584.
The couple’s two children — ages 5 and 17 — had been sent to a nearby park to play just before their parents go
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Chris Lighty
American music industry executive (1968–2012)
Chris Lighty | |
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| Born | Darrel Steven Lighty (1968-05-08)May 8, 1968 The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 2012(2012-08-30) (aged 44) The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Baby Chris |
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| Years active | 1989–2012 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Hip hop |
Musical artist | |
Darrel[a] Steven "Chris" Lighty[3] (May 8, 1968 – August 30, 2012) was an American music manager and record producer. He co-founded Violator, a record label, management and marketing company, which represented hip hop and R&B artists such as Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mobb Deep, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J, Noreaga, Prodigy, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Sean "Diddy" Combs.[1][3][4]The New York Times called him "one of the most powerful figures in the hip-hop business."[5]
Early life
[edit]Lighty[3] was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, and raised in the Bronx River Housing Projects.[4][1] His mother was single. He had five siblings, including a brother, Dave.[6] He attended Samuel Gompers High School, and did not attend co