Nearly two decades after the shooting death of Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay, also known as Jason Mizell, the government arrested two men in connection with his death. The drug business went wrong. Here’s what we know.
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On October 30, 2002, Mizell died in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, from two gunshot wounds to his chest. “Jam Master Jay”, 37 at the time of his death, resident DJ of the hip-hop organization Run DMC with Run (Joseph Simmons) and DMC (Darryl McDaniels) in the early 1980s.
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Mizell’s unsolved murder is in the midst of several conspiracy theories, adding the 2018 Netflix documentary Who Killed Jam Master Jay, which explored the findings of the bloodless case, adding the six witnesses who would not disclose more than necessary.
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On the afternoon of August 17, the federal grand jury convicted two men of Mizell’s unsolved murder. CNN reported that “the U. S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York has released a formal indictment alleging that Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington conspired to kill [Jam Master Jay] in retaliation for a drug dispute. “
The interim federal prosecutor for the eastern district of New York, Seth D. DuCharme, he said they’d never been arrested for suspects.
“The defendants planned and executed the brazen ambush and execution of a famous musician and network member in their own music studio,” the prosecutors wrote.
Explaining the scenario, he claimed that Mizell “participated in the shipment of kilograms of cocaine between 1996 and 2002”. There was a dispute over how to distribute 10 kilograms of cocaine. Mizell intended to isolate Washington from him. In turn, Washington and Jordan planned to execute Mizell, according to the indictment.
The two men were charged with murder “while involved in drug trafficking and gun homicide,” as well as other charges. Jordan pleaded not guilty. Washington had already been convicted of a series of robberies and sentenced to 210 months in prison with a release date in April 2021, unless that charge was added to his time.
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With federal documents alleging Mizell’s involvement in drug trafficking, his network at the time of his death makes a little more sense. According to Celebrity Net Worth, “Jam Master Jay” had an estimated price of -1 million dollars.
Prior to Mizell’s death, he allegedly amassed a $500,000 debt to the Internal Revenue Service. The NY Post detailed the bill as $171,000 in federal tax privileges, “almost $300,000 in state taxes dating back to 1989, adding $172,000 in taxes and $54,339 in corporate taxes. “in his recording studio.
Fan theories were also owed to another of the two arrested for his murder, with the warning that Mizell’s business partner, Randy Allen, would have won a $500,000 deal on the occasion of Mizell’s death, as investigated through the documentary Netflix.