Chris Lighty
Biography
Darrel Steven "Chris" Lighty (May 8, 1968 – August 30, 2012) was an American music manager and record producer. He co-founded Violator, a record label, management and marketing company, which represented hip hop and R&B artists such as Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mobb Deep, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J, Noreaga, Prodigy, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Sean "Diddy" Combs. The New York Times called him "one of the most powerful figures in the hip-hop business."
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
3 Feet High And Rising
1989
The Low End Theory
1991
Midnight Marauders
1993
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
1990
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
2003
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
Regulate... G Funk Era
1994
Beats, Rhymes And Life
1996
The Anthology
1999
Under Construction
2002
The Love Movement
1998
The Massacre
2005
When Disaster Strikes...
1997
Murda Muzik
1999
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
1991
Beg For Mercy
2003
Miss E ...So Addictive
2001
Amplified
1999
The Renaissance
2008
Curtis
2007
Get Ur Freak On
2001
Genesis
2001
Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front
1998
Stressed Out
1996
Credited work
1,056 releases · 149 albums · active 1989–2026
- Other credits · 677
- Production · 319
- Performance · 172
- Engineering · 40
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Soundtrack Studios · Battery Studios, New York · Calliope Studios · Chung King Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Busta Rhymes
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Various
- 50 Cent
- "Missy ""Misdemeanor"" Elliott"
- Foxy Brown
- Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
- The Beatnuts