Was he big in the States as I've never heard of him. RIP in any case, he sounds like he was a decent chap.
Radio star DJ Megatron shot dead in New York
Urban radio and TV personality DJ Megatron has been shot to death in New York City.
His manager says the BET television segment host was killed while heading to a store near his Staten Island home around 2am on Sunday.
Police say the 32-year-old rising hip hop star, born Corey McGriff, was found dead in the street with a single gunshot wound to his chest. No arrests have been made.
Killed: DJ Megatron, pictured here in 2008, was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday morning in New York
Today his family were 'shattered' by his loss.
'Words can't described the way my husband and I feel right now,' his mother Louvenia McGriff told the New York Daily News.
'I just don't know how we're going to make it without him. He was our golden child.'
No witnesses have come forward and police are said to be baffled as to the motive for the murder.
Police were called when a neighbour heard the gun shot and called 911. By the time paramedics arrived Megatron was dead.
He was found on the sidewalk facing the sky, a baseball cap at his side.
His manager said friends and relatives had no idea why anyone might have attacked a deejay known for his upbeat, amiable attitude.
'He probably had one of the best personalities around . super-positive, happy all the time,' Justin Kirkland said.
One close friend told the Daily News that he did not know of anyone who had a personal issue with him.
Rising to the on-air ranks after starting as an intern, DJ Megatron began his career at New York's WKRS-FM, better known as Kiss FM, where deejays remembered him on the air and online Sunday.
He also worked at what was then Boston's Hot 97.7, or WBOT-FM, and at Philadelphia's The Beat, or WPHI-FM, according to a bio on his MySpace site.
In recent years, he's appeared on BET's popular '106 & Park,' where his 'What's Good' spots took him onto the streets to ask bystanders about topics ranging from sports to 'The Five Elements of Hip-Hop'.
Viacom Inc.-owned BET had no immediate comment.
Sometimes known as Mega or Mega McGriff, the deejay also appeared in movies including 2005's 'State Property 2', starring Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash and rappers Beanie Sigel and N.O.R.E., formerly Noreaga.
A father of three, DJ Megatron also devoted time to charitable events on Staten Island, his manager said.
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