WorldStarHipHop Founder Lee “Q” O’Denat Dead at 43

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TMZ reports WorldStarHipHop founder Lee “Q” O’Denat has died at the age of 43. Details are scarce right now, but the report states that he passed away in his sleep on Monday night. A source added Q died of a heart attack, though an autopsy is scheduled for later today.

Q founded WorldStarHipHop in 2005 and it quickly changed the rap industry in terms of how media was delivered to fans.

The site started off as a site for mixtapes, but quickly grew into a home for just about anything, including fight videos, mashups, music videos, and so much more. The site transformed popular culture and became a go-to place for the hip-hop youth to gravitate to and not only discover new music, but stay up to date on news and whatever else.

It was more or less the pioneer for the culture at a time when not much was budding in this territory online. The WorldStar culture branched out to the point where if anything crazy happened in public, someone would undoubtedly yell out, “Worldstar,” as it happened. That impact is undeniable. 

WorldStarHipHop released a statement on his passing, which you can read below. Complex offers its condolences to Q’s family.

Source Complex

“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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