News about Jam Master Jay

Following the weeks long hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court after the Run-DMC actor was shot down in 2020, the decision is likely to be read out at 3:30 EST.

After being shot in 2002, a witness has revealed Run-DMC Jam Master Jay's final moments inside a Queens recording studio. The testimony was part of his criminal trial for his suspected murderers. I didn't have to look for a pulse,' Yarrah Concepcion said on Thursday as she wiped away tears recounting the murder. 'When his arm moved his brain stuff, his brain stuff came out of his head.' Prosecutors had trouble showing their case against Karl Jordan Jr., 40, and Ronald Washington, 59, according to Concepcion. Following their arrests in connection with the infamous shooting of Run-DMC actor Kevin Johnson in 2020, the two defendants are on trial in federal court in Brooklyn.

According to a witness, Jam Master Jay's suspected murderer walked right up to the superstar in a Queens recording studio and gave him a half handshake before shooting him dead and'shrugging' off his limp body. From a witness stand on Wednesday about Karl Jordan Jr., he walked straight to Jay and gave a potential handshake,' a half a handshake,' Uriel 'Tony' Rincon said.'That's when I hear a couple of shots.' At the same time when I see Jay fall, I dropped my phone looked at him [Jordan] and he's smiling.' On Wednesday, Rincon appeared in the courtroom as the prosecution's main witness. He spent hours on the stand remembrance the night where Mizell was killed. The murder was a drug deal gone wrong, according to investigators. Jordan, 40, and Ronald Washington, 59, are on trial for the the October 2002 killing of the Run-DMC star

A federal judge found that rap lyrics from one of the 'Aim for the Head' song written by one of the victims in the assassination of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay cannot be used during the trial. Prosecutors pleaded with the music by Karl Jordan Jr., who rapped under the alias 'Yadi' or "Young Yadi', during the four-week trial. A judge found that 'Jordan's lyrics do not mention Mizell, the recording studio in which Mizell was killed, the other shooting victim, or any suspected accomplices.' 'Nor does the government claim that Jordan wrote or performed these songs at the time of the suspected murder.' In Brooklyn federal court, Jordan and Ronald Washington are on trial for the 2002 bombing.

The cop who was first on the scene of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay's murder in 2002 said he had lost his notes from the assassination of a rapper that later became a notorious cold case. On Tuesday, William Eagan, a member of the New York City Police Department's Street Narcotics Engagement Unit, testified about being the first to arrive at the Queen's studio, where Jay - born Jason Mizell, was discovered dead. During cross-examination, Eagan said he never wrote a report and only took notes in a memo book, which he later lost. 'So everything you mentioned on the murder of a famous rapper is lost?' Jacqueline Cistaro, a defense lawyer, sarcastically asked.

Ronald Washington, 59, and Karl Jordan Jr., 40, of the inset center, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder in Jam Master Jay's 2002 shooting in New York. According to investigators, Jordan and Washington hoped to be part of a lucrative drug deal worth nearly $200,000 before Jason Mizell, 37, left, (Jam Master Jay's stage name) pulled them out. Both men are suspected of shooting him dead in his recording studio in New York. If convicted, Washington and Jordan face a maximum term of life in prison and a minimum of at least 20 years in jail. On Monday, the first witness appeared on the stand, including top right, retired NYPD detective James Lusk, who was one of the first on the scene. Bottom right: Jordan's wife and two young girls were also present, as well as two young girls.

After posting that Los Angeles is "finished" and implementing a zero-bail strategy that went into place in May, Rapper 50 Cent was reminded on social media about his previous run-ins with the law. Last week, the 48-year-old first took to Instagram to share his thoughts, which culminated in comments reminding him of his own run-ins with the law. One commenter exclaimed that if a 'reformed criminal like 50 Cent says it's gonna get bad -- believe him!' On Sunday, the rapper released a sequel in which he criticized a media outlet for their story on his situation. He wrote, 'I know why Deadline is reporting my opinion,' he wrote. 'I'm a big deal, but why did they write I had run in's with the law?Im a born-again Christian!'