Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay Sold Drugs in 2000s Despite Anti-Drug Advocacy in 1980s
NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted drug dealer said Monday that Jam Master Jay, known for his anti-drug advocacy as part of the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC, turned to cocaine trafficking to pay his bills. He reluctantly testified that he was involved. Ralph Margraf gave his first public testimony about what prosecutors say was a […]
Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay was killed in ‘greed and revenge’ ambush, prosecutor says as trial of alleged assassins begins
Hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay was executed in an ambush motivated by “greed and revenge” for drugs, federal prosecutors announced Monday as the trial of the Run-DMC DJ’s alleged assassin begins. . Ronald Washington, 59, and Carl Jordan Jr., 39, are accused of fatally shooting Jay, whose real name is Jason Mizell, at a music […]