For the first edition of OK1st, Okayplayer caught up with multiple artists about the first dates they ever went on. Howie Tee would go on to produce acts like UTFO, The Real Roxanne and Color Me Badd.

Hitman Howie Tee, a musical pioneer who helped define the sound of Hip-Hop and R&B from the late ’80s and early ’90s, has died at age 61. The cause of death is currently unknown. The famed producer ...