Remy Ma and her husband Papoose paid tribute to DJ Kay Slay, born Keith Grayson, who died on Easter Sunday after a long battle with COVID-19. He was 55.
Fans and friends gathered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem yesterday (April 24th) to pay tribute to the hip-hop icon.
Papoose — who DJ Kay Slay signed back in 2004, said, “This is hard for me. I can’t even sit up here and front. I know they are telling me my brother is in this casket over here, but the body is just a vessel that stores the spirit of man, the soul of man, the mind of man. When it leaves that energy it goes into a universal storehouse , which is the Universe. He’s still here yall.”
Papoose added that Kay Slay introduced him to his wife Remy Ma, who also spoke. She said she would sometime feel jealous because Papoose continually referred to the late DJ as “his friend.” But she clarified that she knew him first.
Other celebrities that attended the funeral included Fat Joe and LL Cool J.