DJ and radio personality Black N Mild has died aged 44 after contracting coronavirus.
The popular DJ, whose real name is Oliver Stokes Jr, passed away on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19.
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed his death.
Oliver was a father of four, and also worked at the Arthur Ashe Charter School in New Orleans.
The DJ left the school on March 9 with a fever of 102.4 degrees, according to reports.
He was admitted to the University Medical Center on March 11, writing in his final social media post: “Pneumonia not the flu.”
The DJ and radio star has died of coronavirus aged 44 (Image: Instagram)
Black N Mild was popular after bringing bounce music to the radio in New Orleans.
He wrote in a Facebook post earlier this year: “I was the first DJ in Nola history to have a radio mix show dedicated to Nola Bounce from 03-05 (up to Katrina).”
Fans flooded Twitter, paying their respects to the DJ.
The DJ tragically passed away after contracting COVID-19 (Image: Facebook)
One said: “Man we lost my dawg in the music game to this corona s*** this is crazy my heart and condolences goes out to black n mild family Broken heartBroken heart crazy times we living in stay prayed up.”
While another wrote: “RIP to another New Orleans gem DJ Black n Mild .. my childhood was this mans mixes. dang.”
He was known for DJing in New Orleans (Image: Facebook)
“WOW! DJ Black N Mild Passed Away…This is crazy…Bounce Music will never be the same…the New Orleans Music Scene will never be the same” added a third.
Oliver relocated to Houston to host Rhythm and Bounce, which aired on a New Orleans AM station on saturday evenings from 2013 until 2017.
He also worked with artists including Drake, Lil Wayne and Big Freedia.
