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Lord Sear has been one of the key voices in hip-hop on Sirius XM for as long as many fans can remember. He has been there, a staple on Eminem’s Shade 45 channel, for more than two decades. Sadly, Sear ...

He was also Eminem’s longtime DJ. Lord Sear, the DJ and hip-hop radio host who became a familiar voice to fans through his work on Shade 45, has died at the age of 52. News of his death was shared ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longtime DJ Lord Sear had been involved with the SiruisXM hip-hop station created by rapper Eminem since its inception in 2004.