Last night, I was at a local bar to watch the World Series — the first World Series in 15 years that meant something to me. It was a horribly upsetting, ridiculous loss; the sort of loss Yankee fans will remember for generations if they don’t win the series.
So I was heading home, furiously tweeting and texting friends about the game when I learned from the homey John Morrison that DJ Clark Kent died. He was just 58 y’all. What a shame. Cancer is an asshole.
Born Rodolfo A. Franklin, the legendary producer and DJ has worked with Dana Dane in the 80s, Notorious B.I.G. and Junior M.A.F.I.A., Jay-Z, Rakim, Ice Cube, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Rick Ross and Mariah Carey, with who he earned his highest-charting single, 2001’s “Loverboy,” which landed at #2 on the Billboard Top 100. He’s been a part of some of the biggest and most beloved songs of the past 40 years or so.
Long live Clark Kent! R.I.P. brother.
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