Jurors were to start deliberating Thursday over the fate of two men charged with murdering the famed Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay.Jam Master Jay's slaying followed a spate of murders within the rap community in the 1990s, including the shootings of superstars Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
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The alleged murderers of Jam Master Jay were executioners who ambushed the Run-DMC member as part of a drug dispute, US prosecutors told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments of the long-awaited trial.- Financial lifeline -
The trial has revealed a lesser-known side of Mizell, who along with his band Run-DMC had railed against drug culture.
The New York trial over the murder of Jam Master Jay, the influential Run-DMC DJ who was killed two decades ago, is set to begin in earnest Monday with opening statements. Along with the group's DJ Jam Master Jay Run-DMC included the MCs who dropped rhymes, Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl McDaniels, or "DMC," all of them from the Hollis neighborhood.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial over the murder of Jam Master Jay, the innovative Run-DMC DJ who was killed in his Queens studio two decades ago. All heralding from the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, Run-DMC included its DJ Jam Master Jay and the MCs who dropped rhymes, Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl McDaniels, or "DMC."
They also established a new, enduring rap aesthetic incorporating street culture, a departure from the flashy, disco-inflected attire of the group's predecessors
Federal prosecutors in New York filed a superseding indictment charging Jay Bryant in the death of Jason "Jay" Mizell, known professionally as Jam Master Jay.