Obituaries

DJ Medhi dies

By | Published on Wednesday 14 September 2011

DJ Mehdi

Paris-based hip hop and electro producer DJ Mehdi, real name Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, has died aged 34. The musician’s French publicist, Fabrice Desprez of PR company Phunk, confirmed yesterday afternoon that he had been killed in an accident at his home.

Desprez told 20Minutes.fr: “We don’t have many details. We know that he was at home on a balcony with others. The balcony collapsed. Three others have been hospitalised”.

According to DJMag.com, Medhi had been celebrating the birthday of fellow producer, and Carte Blanche bandmate, Riton. The website reports that the group had actually been on the roof of Medhi’s house, which had then collapsed. Riton, real name Henry Smithson, is thought to have been the only person not to have fallen, and he therefore escaped uninjured.

Born in 1977, Favéris-Essadi began his career in music as a DJ in various acts in the late 90s, before moving into production with hip hop outfit 113. However, his big break came when he signed to Ed Banger Records to release his third solo album, ‘Lucky Boy’, in 2006. Last year he formed the duo Carte Blanche with Riton, and the pair had just returned to France after playing Bestival at the weekend.

He is survived by his wife, artist and music video director Fabienne Fafi.



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