The legendary turntablist Roc Raida, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the X-Ecutioners, died over the weekend due to complications from a “mixed martial-arts” incident - that’s per TinyMixTapes which is per’ing MTV.

Raida was one of the guys on Scratch that just got it.  Everybody on there was talented, yes, but he was one of the very few East Coast/NYC guys still holding it down old-school style, and his charisma on-screen was endearing.