Darrel Steven "Chris" Lighty was an American music manager and record producer.
11 Facts About Chris Lighty
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Chris Lighty attended Samuel Gompers High School, and did not attend college, and he stated that he "got [his] MBA in hell," in reference to growing up on the streets of a dangerous neighborhood.
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Chris Lighty began working in the music industry by carrying vinyl record crates for DJ Red Alert.
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Chris Lighty appeared in the September 2004 Electronic Arts video game Def Jam: Fight for NY as himself under the moniker "Baby Chris".
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Chris Lighty was chief executive of the Brand Asset Group.
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In 2004, Chris Lighty brokered the largest brand endorsement deal in hip hop to date.
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Chris Lighty was the architect of what turned out to be one of the most lucrative deals in hip hop history: rapper 50 Cent's Vitamin Water pact.
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When Coca-Cola paid $4.1 billion for Vitamin Water's company Glaceau three years later, 50 Cent received $100 million, and Chris Lighty received an undisclosed sum.
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Chris Lighty had reportedly been under scrutiny for income tax issues for amounts up to US$5 million, but this was resolved with the sale of a Manhattan property of his; other sums were owed.
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The New York Daily News reported that "a gun shot was heard and Chris Lighty was found lying face-up with a 9mm pistol next to his body".
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Chris Lighty's brother and many other celebrity figures stated that they did not believe that the death was a suicide and that the family would be staging its own private independent investigation and would share any solid findings with the public.