Chris Lighty

Last month 50 Cent said that he hired a private investigator to find the cause of Chris’ death, and now his mom is chiming in on the situation.

Chris Lighty’s mother doesn’t believe her son killed himself, which is why she has hired a private investigator to dig into the circumstances surrounding his death.

It was a sad day, but the biggest names in the game managed to celebrate the life of one of the greatest managers in the history of hip-hop.

An autopsy revealed today that the official cause of death of hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty was a suicide. STORY: Chris Lighty Has Died As reported by the New York Daily News: An autopsy revealed that Lighty, 44, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, a spokeswoman from the ...

Chris and 50 Cent didn't only have a close business relationship, the two hip-hop moguls were longtime friends. 

In the light of the news of the untimely death of Chris Lighty, celebrities, music executives and DJs alike took to the social networking site Twitter to share their condolences and display their shock at the news.  

UPDATE 5 p.m. EST The NY Daily News reports, Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty died Thursday morning after he shot himself after an argument with his estranged wife at his Bronx apartment, sources told the Daily News.