Chris Lighty: 1968

Chris Lighty speaks at the debut of the new "Power By 50 Cent" fragrance at Avenue on June 23, 2009, in New York.

Lightly died of an apparent gunshot wound on Aug. 30, 2012 at his home in the Bronx borough of New York. He was 44. Lighty was the man behind rap

Executives of Violater Managament Mona Scott and Chris Lighty, and former CEO of Electra Records Sylvia Rhone attend Vibe Magazine's Fourth Annual Quincy Jones Achievement Awards at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on June 17, 2004, in New York.

Record producer Chris Lighty and wife Veronica attend the Carlos Miele show during Olympus Fashion Week Spring 2005 in Bryant Park Sept. 12, 2004, in New York.

CEO of Violator Records Chris Lighty speaks during the Power 105.1 Power Music Summit at the Manhattan Center on April 16, 2005, in New York.

Chris Lighty arrives at the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network's Fifth Annual Action Awards at Capitale on Feb. 25, 2008, in New York.

From left, Simone Smith, LL Cool J and Violator Records/Management CEO, Chris Lighty attend Audi's TDI Clean Diesel Technology dinner at the Audi Forum on May 12, 2009, in New York.

LL Cool J and Violator Records/Management CEO Chris Lighty attend the Audi's TDI Clean Diesel Technology dinner at the Audi Forum on May 12, 2009, in New York.

Violator Records/Management CEO, Chris Lighty, Warner Music Group Chairman/CEO, Lyor Cohen and Andre Harrell attend the Audi's TDI Clean Diesel Technology dinner at the Audi Forum on May 12, 2009, in New York.

Phil Zelner, Chris Lighty, Rapper "50 Cent", aka Curtis Jackson and Thomas Butkiewicz attend the debut of the new "Power By 50 Cent" fragrance at Avenue on June 23, 2009, in New York.

Movie producer/director Brett Ratner and music executive Chris Lighty pose for a photo following a book discussion of James Toback's book "Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir On The Great Jim Brown" at Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle on July 30, 2009, in New York.

Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty in his office in New York on Feb. 28, 2007 .