Person · Male
Jam Master Jay
- From
- Brooklyn, United States
- Active
- 1965–2002
- Releases
- 0
- hip hop
About
Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician, record producer and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups, credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. Mizell was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Run-DMC in 2009.
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Mizell was murdered in his Queens recording studio in 2002 and his case was left unsolved until February 2024, when Ronald Washington and his godson Karl Jordan Jr., were convicted for the 2002 drug-related murder, with a third man, Jay Bryant, pleading guilty in 2026 to participating in the murder.
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Jason Mitzell · Jason Mizell · Jason William Mizell
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- bb229712-e010-45b5-872b-3256f66d459c
- ISNI
- 0000000066362240
- IPI
- 00125675469
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.