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Busta Rhymes acknowledges the one year passing of his friend Chris Lighty with a song named after him and a feature sample from Bob Marley.

Chris Lighty was remembered by friends/clients A Tribe Called Quest, Fat Joe, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, DJ Red Alert and LL Cool J onstage at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

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Lee Hawkins at the Wall Street Journal interviewed Chris Lighty’s business partner Blue Williams about Lighty’s tragic passing. Mr. Williams speaks about Mr. Lighty’s talents and the pressures that come with being a successful manager in the music industry. He also notes the importance of Black industry men being able to let go of the alpha male image that hip-hop promotes and seek help for their troubles as he did with therapy.

1. Did Kendrick Lamar really need to speak on the importance of voting?

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2. Why did Rolling Stone publish such a misinformed article about the Afro-Punk festival? How could “The Other Black Experience” slogan be dated if magazines like Rolling Stone have never given coverage to Afro-Punk artists? And when did Pharrell Williams become the “undeniable forefather of the Afro-Punk ethos?”

3. Will the suicide deaths of Chris Lighty and Shakir Stewart inspire industry folk and fans to look at mental illness more seriously? Perhaps they could start raising awareness with the National Suicide Prevention Week.