The group enjoyed a smash collaboration with Aerosmith on the 1980s standard “Walk This Way,” which reached No. Run DMC is credited with setting the sound and style of rap and with helping bring hip-hop into music’s mainstream. The group’s official Web site, Run’s House, is running a banner across the home page saying, “Whose House? Jay’s House. “This has to stop, not just in hip-hop, but all over. Cee, as saying on Funk Master Flex’s hip-hop radio show Wednesday. “If you love this hip-hop thing like I love this hip-hop thing, it’s a sad day,” MTV.com quoted rap DJ, Mr. Run-DMC - made up of Mizell, Run (Joseph Simmons, brother of rap entrepreneur and Def Jam founder Russell Simmons), and DMC (Darryl McDaniels) - recently finished touring with Kid Rock and Aerosmith, and the group was scheduled to perform Thursday in half-time festivities at a Washington Wizards basketball home game, according to MTV. “This is the first town where you feel the gangs from the minute you step into town to the time you leave,” Mizell said at the time. They called for a day of peace between warring street gangs. Tupac Shakur was gunned down in September 1996 in Las Vegas, and The Notorious BIG (Christoper Wallace), was shot and killed in Los Angeles in March 1997.Ī decade earlier, in 1986, Run DMC’s members said they were outraged by the rise of fatal gang violence in the Los Angeles area. Mizell is the latest of hip-hop’s top stars to die in violence. A second man, identified by police as 25-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the leg and was taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital. Two shots were fired in the second floor of the recording studio waiting room, one striking Mizell, according to police. Police said two suspects were buzzed in through the front door of the building. The assailant remained at large and police had no information on a motive, said Detective Robert Price, a department spokesman. Mizell was shot in the head, police said. POLICE CONFIRMED to MSNBC that Mizell was one of two men shot inside the studio at 90-10 Merrick Blvd., Queens, at about 7:30 p.m. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was pronounced dead at the scene. 31 - Jam Master Jay, a member of the groundbreaking and Grammy-winning rap trio Run-DMC, was shot and killed in a recording studio in the New York borough of Queens on Wednesday evening, as violence struck again at the heart of rap stardom. Traveling symposiums, staged theater productions, and consumer and Organization's mission statement includes "educating amateur DJs through Gaines, author of Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk. Mizell also founded Scratch Media Productions with partners Rob Principe and Spawned the rap-rock hybrid that is still popular today. Trio and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, became a top 10 hit and Run-DMC's best-selling album, Raising Hell features a remake of the classicĪerosmith hit "Walk This Way." The track, a collaboration between the rap Joseph "Run" Simmons andĭarryl "DMC" McDaniels, along with Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell were theįirst rap act to score a gold (Run-DMC, 1983), platinum (King Of Rock, 1985)Īnd multi-platinum (Raising Hell, 1986) album. Run-DMC's self-titled debut was released in 1983. There were no suspects, no arrests, and no motive for the In tears, started gathering near the area of the shooting immediately after New York television stations were reporting that some Run-DMC fans, already With him was shot in the ankle and taken to a local hospital, according to
The DJ, whose real name is Jason Mizell, was shot in the head, and a person In the Jamaica section of Queens on Wedensday night (October 30). Trio Run-DMC was shot and killed at a recording studio on Merrick Boulevard ET) - Jam Master Jay, a member of the pioneering rap NEWS - Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay Killed In Shooting Steven then dedicated Mother Popcorn and Walk This Way to J. Then the lights went out, but some disrespectful idiots in the audience kept screaming. He said they needed a moment of silence because "we've had a death in the family." He said he just learned that Jam Master J had been killed and gave a little tribute. After Draw The Line had been played Steven left the stage for a sec. Several articles about this can be read below.Īt last night's Aerosmith concert, Steven asked for a moment of silence and announced that Jam Master Jay had passed away. Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot and killed at a recording studio in Queens yesterday night. Rock This Way || Aerosmith News - OCTOBER 2002
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