New York City deejay and on-air personality DJ Megatron, born Corey McGriff was fatally shot this morning in the city’s Staten Island borough. Megatron had worked for both HOT 97 (97.1 FM) as well as BET’s 106 & Park in his career.
The New York Daily News reported that Megatron was gunned down in the Clifton section, although arrest and detailed information is pending. At present, NYPD spokespeople have said no eyewitnesses were found.
Megatron was a father of three children.
HipHopDX will keep you updated.
[March 27, 2011]
UPDATE: According to police, Corey “DJ Megatron” McGriff was shot down while talking to a friend on his cell phone on his way to buy some weed and a cigar. Police are still investigating the reason behind the shooting, if any. They’re also seeking information on three young men who fled the scene.
McGriff, a father of three, allegedly left his four year old child home alone.
[March 29, 2011]
UPDATE #2: Twenty-two-year-old William Williams, who fatally shot DJ Megatron in the chest back in 2011, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison as part of a plea bargain. If he hadn’t, he could have faced trial on a second-degree murder charge and 25 years to life behind bars.
“After careful reflection and thought, my client decided this was in his best interest,” Williams’ lawyer, Mario Gallucci, told NYDN.
R.I.P. my dude
R.I.P. Megatron
RIP man . Tragic indeed…
R.I.P. dude.
R.i.p Dj Megatron !
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Who? Just joking! R.I.P
Ignorant.
Tell me that in 2 weeks when you forget about this guy.
…………. nope still ignorant
How do you get shot in a city where guns are outlawed????
Oops!! I guess only the outlaws have guns now.
I would have rather taken the gun charge and had the “siddity wigger bloggers” saying that I was trying to keep up my “gangster image” by carrying a gun instead of getting killed.
How do you get shot in a city where guns are outlawed????
Oops!! I guess only the outlaws have guns now.
I would have rather taken the gun charge and had the “siddity wigger bloggers” saying that I was trying to keep up my “gangster image” by carrying a gun than to get gunned down.
At times, I’d used to listen to him at 5AM while he was on Hot 97 while I was getting ready in the morning to junior high school. He had a show right before the Miss Jones morning show at 6AM. It sucks to hear that he got killed. -___-
Rest in Peace Megatron.
Rip
Sad. We, all must leave this planet but not by senseless violence.
Imma go out on the limb and say a nigga did this shit. i bet there was reasonable justificatin take the life of a father of three kids. niggas is really doin it rite now. we on out here. a nigga is the thing to be.
only in hip hop r we used 2 these kind of senseless deaths.R.I.P 2 him and my thoughts go out 2 his family…
That’s because only in hip hop do you have so much jealousy. Shit not just in hip hop.. the black community in general.
If I have a little more than you…. that I worked for… for some reason.. dumb loser ass niggas think it’s ok to try and take mine.
R.I.P DJ Megatron, I hope you have a good time DeeJaying that party in the sky wit Nate Dogg and Pac performing.
megatron was that party dude 4 real! r.i.p. to megatron and i send my condolences to his family
Staten Island? I thought that there was nothing but racist teabaggers and mobsters on Staten Island. Now that the blacks seem to be moving in, expect more of these ghetto-style shootings.
Getting back from a club at 2AM? Probably some drug deal not paid off or banging someone he shouldn’t.
where do yu see club and 2 am in this story?
Anonymous morons making racist comments..wtf else is new…
If you knew the history of Staten Island you would know that blacks have been on the Island since the late 1800’s. But that does not matter at the moment.
Your comment reflects on your character, you can post anonymously, but we still see your ignorance.
This type of shit really needs to end!!! Cowards won’t go toe to toe no more.
I second that!
I third that…these motherfuckers scared of an ass whoopin…damn man R.I.P hommie
I would see Megatron around Staten Island alot. I didnt know him personally, but he seemed to be a humble and fair man. Sadly, this will be another homicide that goes unsolved (Very common on Staten Island). Its unfortunate that this happened. My thoughts are with his family and those who knew him well. Im tired of seeing brothers getting murdered in the street.
I only got one Question man, When will it ever change? but yet still they say Nigga dont die but nigga dieing everyday.
And the sad thing about that is many of them don’t know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten SOn that who ever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life”.
dont be an asshole. what the fuck is religion gonna do?
RIP.. You Monkey
My prayers go out to the family…R.I.P.
Quick! Stick a demo tape in his pocket!
That was of poor taste.
Rip dawg say wht up to Nate dawg
he was too young to die !!!
RIP
fucked up
Hold on dude left his 4yr old kid at home alone to go buy some weed?WTF that’s foul in itself.Put your kids first people!Stop being so irresponsible if he was more concerned with being a good Dad this would not have happened all that aside R.I.P Megatron
Great point. If he would have been a better father and stayed home with his 4-year old, this never would have happened. Now he will never have the chance to be a better father.
real talk!
i dont think it’s hip hop dxs damn business about that stuff to be honest…that’s disrespectful
rip Megatron.
people come off that he left his child home alone bs mayne.
how is that bs? the dude did some seriously ignorant shit, you don’t leave a 4 year old child home alone while u go cop some weed. Nobody said it justified the murder… it’s just stupid that he did that and it woulda never happened if he woulda just stayed home where he was supposed to be.
Right, Payback A monster.
Making pot runs at 2am probably isn’t the best idea, but still a pointless murder. Just rob the guy then.
That’s shaolin killah hills for you cats.
RIP Megatron peace
How do you get shot in a city where guns are outlawed????
Oops!! I guess only the outlaws have guns now.
I would have rather taken the gun charge and had the “siddity wigger bloggers” saying that I was trying to keep up my “gangster image” by carrying a gun than to get gunned down..
Right.
Hiphopdx on some other shit lately…how the fuck you know the dude left a 4 year old at home. They have no correspondence…no facts…no 1st eye account…they just talk shit and hope to get viewers…everyone needs to find a new hiphop site…cuz this site is wack city
hey retard. its called a police investigation not dx’s investigation. the police said this not the site. they assume he was going to buy some weed, why else would he be out and in that section of the neighborhood so early in the morning? and if he usually has his child at that time on those certain days that would mean he left it home alone. its an investigation for a reason, that doesnt means it is true it just how it looks at the moment until further evidence is required. they have to start somewhere.
actually, he was on the phone with his fucken friend saying he was gonna buy some weed.
i think they brought the 4 yr old to say “fathers should be fathers first” the kid he gave life to would’ve saved his…r.i.p
I went to High School in Staten Island… I believe Megatron is from Staten Island.. I think this a case of Someone who came up returning to the old neighborhood..Tryna do things Like you did before U got on.
If Im on & I was copping some weed in Staten Island it would be from a white dude who lives in the suburb part of S.I.
Staten ISland is mostly suburbs but the hood over there is hood.
when you have a white or spanish dealer your safe but when ur in the killah hill projects full of niggas buying weedyou will get shot!!!!
10304
Yet nobody knows who killed Tupac and Biggie.
its been made well known who had tupac killed n who had biggie killed…puffy or suge will never get arrested though
Dude, they do know who killed both of them but you have to understand that if that was ever told, America would not be the same. On the west coast, we know who killed Biggie,and why they killed Biggie.
^^^ America would not be the same? lol, what the fuck are you talking about?
In the case of Biggie, if they published who actually killed him, it would rock the LAPD. Certain detectives there know the real and they hid the real. After the investigation and talking to all the witness (there were about 100 on the street that night)-they come up with nothing when actually some know the truth, but the truth is to close to home. You cannot believe Biggie comes to L.A., and gets shot down and murdered with dozens of witnesses and they can’t find the killer can you?
Suge is his name.
I thought weed made you happy…not dead.
DJ Optimus Prime put out the hit on DJ Megatron.
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me yo’ eardrums
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and greys and hues that ooze beneath dilapidated woods
Ain’t a thing could explain what pertains
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Then they steady move them ki’s like Bob James
Cause old man winter’s arrived, the temperature dives
November just died, December’s alive
Thus it ain’t no typical ride
Just individual’s way to bring home
the bacon when bacon was all gone
Makin it our own, takin me all wrong
We’ve all indulged in the bulge of those no-no’s
No you ain’t solo, it’s even lower levels you can go
Take sun people, put ’em in a land of snow