Rest In Peace
Jan 21 1965 - Oct 30 2002
Jam Master Jay

Thursday, 31 October 2002, 07:19 GMT
Run-DMC rapper shot dead

What’s up with these f*@*ing people.

How on earth can you shoot a member of Run D M C ? This is beyond a joke that’s like shooting one of the three degrees it's bloody stupid.

Jam master J was gunned down in a studio in New York. He was the DJ for the pioneering trio Run DMC. His real name was Jason Mizell, it's funny how you only know these peoples real name when they die, maybe that is part of the reason these people who shoot hip hop stars don’t see them as real people.

Run DMC’s smash-hit collaboration with Aerosmith, Walk This Way, made them the first rap act to enter the US top 10, and the first to have a video screened on the music channel, MTV.

J was shot dead at a studio in the Queens area and a second person was also injured I mean the man was only 37 years old and respected the world over and just by the squeezing of a trigger he is wiped away in seconds with all of the history and memories and great experiences of 37 years travelling the world and making music just suddenly wiped away.

And of course police are saying, “there is no obvious motive for the killing” and suddenly there are unconfirmed reports that there was two gunmen. Why is it that when Hip Hop artist get killed there is suddenly mysterious sightings of this and that its so F*&@ing annoying. When other high profile people get killed the whole country is mobilised for example when the OJ thing happened the state left no stone unturned is this going to be another “Mystery”? I mean, the people that shot him really wanted to kill him because he was shot in the head, this was true murder.

Jam Master J was a music producer prior to joining up with his fellow group members (Run, Joseph Simmons) and (DMC Darryl Mc Daniels) back in 1993. Their first hit was “It’s Like That” he was the scratch DJ while the other two rapped. I mean this man was married with three children, what better example can a black youth have in the community I am not saying he was perfect but he was successful and married with children surely that’s the American dream? Or is it to shoot people dead in the streets? And then be a local hero amongst fellow gang members or low life scum?

I know that this murder is going to shock everyone just like its shocked me, because he seemed to be one of the good guys, he was not showing off his gold in videos or his bitches or his Bentley convertible he was just a superstar helped to make musical history, what a way to end your life after making so many people happy with your music. God bless America and its stupid gun laws.