In opening statements in Brooklyn federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Miranda Gonzalez laid out the prosecution's case that Karl Jordan Jr., the hip-hop star's godson, and Ronald Washington, a childhood friend, killed the 37-year-old in 2002 after they were cut out of a lucrative cocaine deal.
Ronald Washington, 59, and Karl Jordan Jr., 40, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder in the shooting of Jam Master Jay in 2002 in New York.
The cop who was first at the scene of the 2002 murder of Run-DMC s Jam Master Jay admitted he lost his notes from the killing of a rap superstar that later became an infamous cold case.
Two men accused of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay were both close to the trailblazing DJ, but were driven by “greed and revenge” over a failed drug deal when