WorldStarHipHop Founder Lee O’Denat Dies at 43

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Tuesday afternoon it was announced that Lee ‘Q’ O’Denat, founder of World Star Hip Hop, has died.

TMZ reports that he died Monday evening in his sleep. While sources are speculating O’Denat suffered a heart attack, no official cause has been released.

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According to a recent New York Times profile, the Queens, New York native was of Haitian heritage,  and started World Star Hip Hop in 2005 as a place to post mix tapes. The site later gained notoriety as a hub for hip-hop videos, fight clips and other outrageous footage that often goes viral.