DJ Raevas found dead on Boxing Day
Well-known selector DJ Raevas Findley died suddenly on Boxing Day. He was found unresponsive in his bed by relatives.
Top flight deejay Bounty Killer reacted in shock upon hearing the news, and posted a screenshot of the popular selector to his Instagram page, captioning the pic:
“Kmt Jah know star no mon dis cyaah be real”.
Bounty Killer and Raevas worked together on his popular Sunday party series ‘Bounty Sunday Shift’ held at Oneil’s Place.
Popular singjay Delomar X or RDX fame also wrote: “Jah Jah know star dis hurt mi to di core SIP my bro kmft.”
Long-time friend and selecting partner DJ Tom of the duo Tom and Raevas was almost inconsolable in his grief.
“Mi ah wait pon the autopsy because we find him inna him bed, is like him sleep weh or ah poison him get poison because under him fingernail dem black like Ace of Spades and him black and is a brown man,” DJ Tom told OBSERVER ONLINE.
DJ Tom and DJ Raevas had been a duo for a decade, solidifying their reputations as one of the hottest new selecting acts in the dancehall industry.
“Ah the best person in the world, dem man de no talk, him ah one of the realest persons in the world, the man just easy. Him just do him work and come back in, a nice human being, ah one of the greatest human beings you will ever meet, him just always do the right thing,” DJ Tom said.
DJ Tom and Raevas are the organisers of the popular Leggo Di Streets Wednesdays, a weekly party that is held at 27 1/4 Central Road in Kencot, St Andrew.