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TMZ - WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O'Denat -- known as "Q" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
We're told Q, the CEO of WorldStar and its face, died in his sleep Monday night.
Q founded the premiere hip-hop website in 2005 when he started posting mixtapes, which gradually progressed into a mash-up of hip-hop videos, fight clips and other outrageous camera footage.
He was 43.
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