Chris Lighty's Business Partner Says Suicide Was Over 'Pressure', Not Money

BHR HollyWood Report Chris Lighty's business partner Michael "Blue" Williams has rubbished claims his suicide was over money and has said it was the pressure to be a top mogul that pushed him over the edge.

Williams teamed up with Lighty to form Primary Violator last year and spoke exclusively to MTV News about his late business partner and friend.

"Chris' debt is probably less important than the pressure that he was under," he said.

"What people are missing and what people don't see and what Chris is an example of is how much, as black men, we carry around and don't always communicate. Some people will hear you're in $2 million of debt and be like, 'Aww he could've got out of that.'"

It was first speculated after the 42-year-old's suicide that incurring debts and a troubled marriage to his wife Veronica pushed him to take his life.

"I know exactly what he was feeling when it comes to pressure and debt, trying to keep your company afloat and doing what you got to do, while also maintaining a certain perception out there," Williams explained of the pressure that top moguls incur to stay at the top the game.

"It was a combination of both, talking to him, my own experiences; I'm not just grabbing it out of the air."
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