Los Angeles Times

DJ Mark the 45 King, iconic hip-hop producer, dead at 62

Hip-hop pioneer DJ Mark the 45 King, whose iconic tracks have been sampled repeatedly by the music genre, has died. He was 62. The record producer’s manager confirmed Thursday in an e-mail to The ...
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DJ Mark The 45 King Dies at 62, Hip-Hop Community Remembers Iconic DJ

DJ Mark The 45 King, an iconic DJ and producer who has produced classic songs for Jay-Z, Queen Latifah, and Eminem, has passed away just days after celebrating his 62nd birthday, XXL has confirmed via ...
Black Enterprise

Mark The 45 King, Who Produced Jay-Z’s ‘Hard Knock Life,’ Is Dead At 62

Legendary music producer Mark Howard James, known to hip-hop heads as DJ Mark the 45 King, died Thursday, Oct. 19, days after his 62nd birthday, according to an Instagram post by DJ Premier. The world ...
Deadline.com

DJ Mark The 45 King Dies: Producer Of Jay-Z’s ‘Hard Knock Life’ & Eminem’s ‘Stan’ Was 62

Mark Howard James, the producer known as “DJ Mark The 45 King” who worked with such rap hitmakers as Queen Latifah, Jay-Z and Eminem among many others, has died at 62. His manager confirmed the death, ...