Prominent New York City radio personality and producer DJ Mister Cee has died at the age of 57, his home station HOT 97 said Wednesday.

‘As a family at HOT 97 and WBLS, we’re deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Mister Cee, he wasn’t just a DJ; he was a pillar of our stations, bringing joy to countless listeners with his legendary Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live sets,’ the radio station said Wednesday.

The station added: ‘Mr. Cee’s influence stretched far beyond the airwaves, shaping the very fabric of NYC’s DJ culture.

‘Our hearts are heavy as we send our love and condolences to his family and the fans whose lives he touched through his music, rest easy, Mr. Cee. Your legacy will live forever.’

A cause of death of the music industry professional had not been publicly released as of Wednesday evening.

DJ Mister Cee, whose full name was Calvin LeBrun, had also garnered prominence for producing the 1994 Biggie Smalls album Ready To Die.

Rapper 50 Cent, 48, paid tribute, writing, ‘R.I.P to the legend MR. Cee God bless him, to all his family and friends I send my condolences.’

Rapper MC Lyte, 53, said she was ‘heartbroken’ at the news and not ‘expecting this at all,’ adding, ‘God Bless his soul. Mister Cee Rest in power & peace!!’

DJ Jazzy Jeff, 59, posted an image of himself with Mister Cee, saying, ‘Rest In Peace DJ Mister Cee.’

HOT 97’s Peter Rosenberg, 44, said in a tweet: ‘We have lost the iconic Mister Cee. I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important and impactful DJs of all time. I love you Cee.’

Mister Cee had spent 21 years working at HOT 97 with the show Throwback at Noon, which featured entertainers including 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys before they found mainstream success.

Following his stint at HOT 97, he worked weekday afternoons at 94.7 The Block, and had been featured on the SiriusXM show Rock The Bells.

Mister Cee was also known for his affiliation with rapper Big Daddy Kane, as he was friends with the rapper, 55, since high school, and served as his official DJ, according to the station.

The industry professional, who was also nicknamed The Finisher, was an associate executive producer on Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die, which featured the singles Juicy, Big Poppa and One More Chance.

He said of his association with Biggie Smalls, who was fatally shot in March of 1997, ‘The first time I met him was when his DJ 50 Grand, rest in peace, brought Big to my house,’ Mister Cee said of the professional alliance, according to HOT 97. ‘The plan was we were going to redo the basement demo that he and 50 Grand put together.

‘Big was very shy. He would always talk with his head down and say, “Yo man, don’t be promising me nothing, man. If you say you’re going to do something, do it.” And I’m like, nah, we’re going to redo the demo.’

He continued of the creative process: ‘I started going through and picking the beats that were hot at the time, and the beat that Biggie picked was the Casual “I Didn’t Mean To” beat to do the infamous “Biggie Smalls is the wickedest/n***** say I’m p**** I dare you to stick your d*** in it.”

‘We did that one if not two takes, and if you listen to the freestyle, at the end of it, you’ll hear a fire truck going by. We weren’t in a studio, we were at my house.’

Mister Cee was affiliated with the New York City-based DJ consortium The Flip Squad in 1998, according to The US Sun. He was joined in the group by the late Biz Markie, founder Funkmaster Flex and Big Kap, DJ Enuff, Cipha Sounds, Frankie Cutlass, DJ Riz, Mark Ronson, and DJ Doo Wop.

Mister Cee was also involved with the Juice Crew, a hip-hop consortium based around the Queensbridge Houses in Queens, New York. Others in the group included Markie, DJ Mr. Magic, MC Shan, Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Craig G and Kool G Rap, according to the outlet.

Mister Cee said he produced the album ‘with two turntables, just cutting the record back and forth,’ adding, ‘We had a little cheesy mic that was better than the mic 50 Grand had at his house.’

Mister Cee had past dealt with some legal problems, as he made headlines in May of 2013 when he was arrested in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, where authorities said he attempted to solicit a male prostitute who was actually an undercover officer.

According to BET, he had been arrested in 2011 in connection with lewd conduct following an incident involving a male escort in a parked automobile, and had been ‘busted in 2010 for a similar offense.’

Mister Cee addressed his ‘well-documented’ past legal difficulties and his sexuality in a March 2021 interview on the podcast Kitchen Talk, saying he’s ‘try-sexual’ in that he’s open to ‘try anything.’