# RIP Jam Master Jay of Run DMC
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 31, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647 "2002-10-31T04:04:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/1 "2002-10-31T04:04:24Z")
I actually worked with these guys once upon a time…
Anyway, apparently he was shot and killed today.
> **[Jam Master Jay, Run-DMC DJ, Killed In Shooting](https://www.mtv.com/news/1458435/jam-master-jay-run-dmc-dj-killed-in-shooting/)**
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> Jason Mizell died in shooting at Queens studio, according to group's camp.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/2 "2002-10-31T04:41:22Z")
Slow and low, that’s the tempo
A talented, fun group. Gonna miss ya, Master Jay
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### Author:  [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/3 "2002-10-31T05:12:54Z")
Well that just sucks. Damnit…
☹
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/4 "2002-10-31T06:22:08Z")
This is bad. Way too young. Way too talented. Jam Master Jay was truly a living legend. What an enormous loss. RIP ☹
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/5 "2002-10-31T08:15:14Z")
I feel the way I did when Dale Earnhardt died: I’ve never been a huge fan of rap (or NASCAR), but I knew all about Jam Master Jay. I’m genuinely shocked. They were such talented, innovative musicians, and moreover they seemed to be good people.
R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/6 "2002-10-31T11:09:52Z")
☹ Oh no. I’m just now hearing about this. I’m so sad now. I’m an 80’s child. I grew up on DMC. ☹
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/7 "2002-10-31T12:39:57Z")
Yep. Another senseless rapper death.
_sigh_
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### Author:  [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/8 "2002-10-31T13:06:59Z")
RIP, Jason Mizell ☹
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/9 "2002-10-31T14:30:41Z")
My mom knows Run; they attend the same church and they’ve had lunch a few times. She hasn’t been able to reach him yet ☹
This is very sad.
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### Author:  [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/10 "2002-10-31T14:46:49Z")
I was another one of those 80’s kids that grew up with Run DMC albums. I still have all of my albums but no turntable:)! I’ve always thought highly of them and particularly respect their contribution to the whole genre of rap music. For several years they _were_ rap music. One other reason I feel they are great people is the continued support of their community, they didn’t sell out and move away, they sold millions, stayed and tried to make things better. Jay leaves behind a wife and three children.
It is a sad day.
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### Author:  [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/11 "2002-10-31T15:21:06Z")
Man, how terrible. I still have a ton of DMC stuff, and they’re standards on most of my mix CDs and MP3 discs.
Rest in piece Jay.
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### Author:  [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/12 "2002-10-31T16:55:05Z")
“They were our Beatles”
-Chuck D
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jam-master-jay-of-run-dmc/134647/13 "2024-02-27T22:04:54Z")
> **[2 men convicted of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, nearly 22 years after...](https://apnews.com/article/jam-master-jay-run-dmc-murder-trial-4b49f009dc6ac9dc78d99a9dba79fc91)**
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> Two men were convicted of murder in the death of Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio.