A popular disc jockey who went by the name DJ Genius was killed early Thursday morning in a motorcycle crash in South Norwalk.
Rudi Edrisse Jean-Baptiste Joseph, 26, of South Norwalk, was going north on Water Street at a high speed at 12:45 a.m. Thursday when he hit a curb and lost control, the Connecticut Post reports.
DJ Genius was popular in the New York hip-hop scene and produced songs for artists, including Grand Puba, according to Birthplace Magazine, a hip-hop publication.
Joseph has more than 1,000 friends on Facebook and many have been posting condolences and messages of “spin in peace.”
He was riding a 2001 Kawasaki 600 and did not have a license to operate a motorcycle, police told the Post.
Police told the Post Joseph was not wearing a helmet and was thrown from his motorcycle when the bike landed in an intersection.
He was pronounced dead on the scene of the crash.
