Kollege Kidd Co-Founder Raysean Autry Laid To Rest, Pics From Funeral

Pictures From The Funeral Of Deceased Rapper Kollege Kidd

Raysean Autry, co-founder of the Kollege Kidd hip hop blog and social media channels, passed away two weeks ago, after a hard-fought battle with COVID-19.

Yesterday the media entrepreneur was laid to rest.

Raysean’s brother Richard Autry, with whom he co-founded Kollege Kidd, is also in the hospital battling the virus. Here are pictures from the funeral:

 

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Raysean and Richard co-founded Kollege Kidd together in Chicago back in 2011. At the time, the brothers said they launched the platform because “there was a lack of media representation for underground hip hop and especially its young fans – the millennial demographic.”

According to the Kollege Kidd website, the platform was created with the goal to “fill that void by covering talented unsigned and newly signed artists.” Besides hip hop, Kollege Kidd also covered topics like sports, fashion, animation, video games, television and film.

According to his social media, Raysean graduated from Ohio’s Bowling Green State University in 2010 with a degree in Telecommunications, Television and Film. He worked as a technical director and camera operator for the Bowling Green-based news channel WBGU-PBS and also was an intern for CNN.