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After a lengthy and storied career in rap music, one of hip-hop's most venerable and respected DJs, Mister Cee, abruptly resigned from his long-time position at New York's Hot 97 radio station today. The Finisher is retiring after a nearly 20-year tenure with the radio station in the wake of today's allegations.

In honor of his retirement, XXL has a compiled a list of 8 facts that you might not know about Mister Cee's long and storied career.

Previously: Mister Cee Resigns From Hot 97

 

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Mister Cee Was Big Daddy Kane's DJ

Mister Cee's first big break was working as a DJ with Big Daddy Kane in the 1980s. Mister Cee provided the scratches on many of the classic cuts from Kane's instantly iconic Long Live The Kane in 1988. Mister Cee also performed as the show DJ while Big Daddy Kane toured the country through the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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The Notorious B.I.G. Was Discovered By Mister Cee

Mister Cee is widely credited as being the man that discovered and helped build the career a young Brooklyn rapper by the name of Christopher Wallace—a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G.

After being introduced by Big's first DJ, Hitman Fifty Grand, Cee helped develop Big's demo tape and would eventually pass it on to Sean "Puffy" Combs who would sign Biggie to his upstart label, Bad Boy Records, in the early 1990s. Cee would also go on to become the associate executive producer for Big's debut album, Ready To Die, in 1994.

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Big Daddy Kane Challenged Him To A Rap Battle In High School

While historians might know that Mister Cee was Brooklyn hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane's DJ in the 1980s, a lesser-known fact is that they attended Sarah J. Hale High School together in Brooklyn.

In a story recalled in the April 2003 issue of XXLMister Cee met Big Daddy Kane when Kane challenged to him a rap battle in the high school halls after Mister Cee embarrassed a mutual friend of the pair by borrowing a few stolen lines during a rap battle in the high school cafeteria.

"Austin [Kane's friend] had pointed me out to Kane, who came running over to me, pulling a microphone out of his pocket while screaming, 'I heard you want to battle me!," Cee recalled. "I had to explain to him that I was a DJ, not a rapper, so he let it go."

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Mister Cee Introduced Biggie To Puffy

As a young DJ running around Brooklyn, Mister Cee was responsible for discovering a young Notorious B.I.G. rhyming on the block. Mister Cee was instrumental in getting Biggie signed to Bad Boy Records as Cee was the man who introduced Biggie to a young record executive by the name of Sean "Puffy" Combs in 1993.

"I knew Big would be in good hands, because music wasn't just another job for Puffy, he lived it." Mister Cee told XXL in 2003. "His love for hip-hop was evident."

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Mister Cee Appeared As Himself In Grand Theft Auto 4

In 2008, Mister Cee appeared as himself in the fourth edition of the massively successful Grand Theft Auto video game series. You can listen to Mister Cee on one of the radio stations as you drive in your car around Liberty City.

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Mister Cee Was In A Rap Group Named Magnum Force Crew In High School

During his days at Sarah J. Hale High School, Mister Cee and his partner AJ Fresh were in a rap group called Magnum Force Crew. The group consisted of two DJs, Cee and Fresh, and a set of five budding rappers.

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Mister Cee Worked As A Delivery Man

Prior to the success of Big Daddy Kane's Long Live The Kane and Cee's subsequent employment as Kane's tour DJ, Mister Cee paid the bills by delivering packages for Airborne Express in the late 1980s.

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Mister Cee Has A Soda Named After Him

Mister Cee developed a flavor for Tropical Fantasy soda, an inexpensive soft drink brand, fittingly named "Island Punch Finisher."

 

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