When was jam master jay killed

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Please log in. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. Arrow Created with Sketch. Calendar Created with Sketch. Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom ordered Jordan to be remanded. His next court date was scheduled for Sept. A detention memo prosecutors filed Monday claims that Jordan and Washington were identified by witnesses at the studio at the time.

The memo also says Washington made statements to law enforcement and third parties that corroborated his involvement in the murder and the underlying narcotics conspiracy. Both men face a minimum of 20 years in prison and a possibility of a death sentence if convicted. The Mizell family said in a statement Monday evening that they had "mixed emotions" about the charges, but hoped the indictments were solid steps toward justice.

New York police Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison commended police investigators for the "relentless pursuit" of justice. The group's other members hyped the beloved DJ on their debut album with a song titled "Jam-Master Jay," praising their "big beat blaster" in their rhymes.

He is the master of the scratch and cut. The group had the first rap album to go gold and were the first rap performers to have a song featured on MTV, according to a Rolling Stone feature. Rapper Ice Cube honored the three men in an essay posted to the Grammys website in , saying Run-DMC's debut album was the first he saved up to buy with his own money.

Then I believed them. A part of hip-hop died that night, but the spirit lives on. The same documents name him as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Randy Walker, an associate of the rapper Tupac Shakur.

He has previously denied involvement in either case, and in a sworn statement referred to Mizell as a "childhood friend". Image source, Reuters. Both have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors announced charges nearly 18 years after the killing.