DJ Kay Slay’s Last Track Arrives With 200 MCs “Rollin’ Deep” & A One-Hour Runtime

December 04, 2000

Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Run-DMC, Bun B, Big Daddy Kane, Goodie Mob, B-Real, E-40 and Papoose are among the many voices who appear on the track.

DJ Kay Slay is being honored with the release of the biggest posse cut in Hip-Hop history. Titled “Rolling 200 Deep,” the track is divided into 16 parts spanning 62 minutes and features 200 rappers.

Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, AZ, Run-DMC, Bun B, Big Daddy Kane, Coke La Rock, Kid Capri, Goodie Mob, B-Real, Memphis Bleek, Twista, E-40, Jim Jones, MC Serch, NEMS and Papoose are among who contributed their voices to the ambitious track. “Rolling 200 Deep” marks the fourth installment in DJ Kay Slay’s Rolling Deep series, which includes Rolling 25 Deep (2005) Rolling 50 Deep (2020) and Rolling 110 Deep (2021).

It’s a fitting tribute to the legendary New York City DJ, who died in April 2022, four months after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Longtime friend and promotor Van Silk said at the time, “Hip Hop lost a real gem. My dear brother is gone. I’ve known him since he was 16 years old. He was my little brother. I introduced him to many and we did a lot of things together. We last talked in December because we were finishing up the ‘200 Rolling Deep’ project. He was gonna do his video part with MC Sha-Rock. From the mixtapes to helping him launch Straight Stuntin‘ magazine and the whole What The Science project, the world not only lost a real dedicated person to the culture of Hip-Hop but a source of bridging the gap in Hip-Hop. I’m gonna miss my little brother.”

DJ Kay Slay was originally a prominent graffiti artist and was featured in the iconic 1983 graffiti documentary, Style Wars. He witnessed the birth of Hip-Hop culture firsthand, including the rise of Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizzard Theodore, and Kool DJ Red Alert. Swept up in the street life, Kay Slay ended up in jail by the late 1980s and was released in 1990 with a new lease on life. He ultimately wound up releasing four successful studio albums: The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1, The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2, The Champions: North Meets South (with Greg Street) and More Than Just a DJ. He later hosted a successful radio show on Hot 97.

The accompanying video for “Rolling 200 Deep,” which arrived on Friday (November 3), was at least partially filmed when DJ Kay Slay was alive as he appears in it alongside Coke La Rock. The clip ends with a graveyard and photos of late MCs like Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab and DMX superimposed on the tombstones. Watch it above.

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