Jam Master Jay-shot dead in NY

[Eve]

A member of the pioneering American rap group, Run-DMC, has been shot dead in New York.

Jam Master Jay - whose real name was Jason Mizell - was killed at a recording studio in the Queens district, police said. A second person was injured by two gunmen.
Run-DMC are widely credited with bringing hip-hop music to a mass audience in the 1980s.

Their smash-hit collaboration with Aerosmith, Walk This Way, helped them become the first rap act to enter the US top 10, and the first to have a video screened on the music channel, MTV.

Police said two men were let into the second-floor studio in the Queens district of New York shortly before two shots were fired.

Mizzel was shot in the head and died at the scene.

A second man, 25-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the leg and was taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital.

About five other people in the studio were unharmed by the gunmen, who fled the shooting just after 1930 (0030 GMT) on Wednesday.

Police spokesman Detective Robert Price said there was no obvious motive for the shooting.


Public Enemy rapper Chuck D said: "These are our Beatles."

"I'm trying to tell myself this isn't true," said rap executive Lyor Cohen, who gave Run-DMC one of its first big breaks.


Mizell had been working as a music producer when he joined fellow group members Run (Joseph Simmons), and DMC (Darryl McDaniels) in 1983 to cut their first hit, It's Like That.

Mizell became famous for scratching records while his two partners sang.

The trio's publicist, Tracy Miller, said that Mizell - who was married with three children - and McDaniels had been planning to perform in Washington DC on Thursday at a basketball game.

The trio's 1985 release, Raising Hell, became the first rap album to go platinum.

They had dropped out of the limelight by 1990, and their album, Crown Royal, released last year failed to earn them the comeback they were seeking.

They released a greatest-hits album earlier this year.

The hip-hop world has been shaken before by the violent deaths of famous performers, such as Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.

In 1986, Run-DMC spoke out against the rise of gang violence in the Los Angeles area. They called for a day of peace between warring street gangs.

[n3aGabitz]

skimbam canalele aseara cand s-a intamplat....nu mi-a venit sa cred.....ala care l-a impuscat probabil ca e un mare idiot....mare mare idiot...asta e, odiheneasca-se in pace pionerul platanelor!

[ombladom]

sa mor io...da ce securiatate au aia acolo? ca cica la el in studio l-a impuscat...heh...evident ca cel sau cei care l-au impuscat sunt niste lasi...

RunDMc mi-a placut mult si inca mai ascult piese de-ale lor

[MasterGz]

Inca unul care s'a dus. Pacat...inca un artist care a devenit legenda. Chiar e de neinteles ce s'a intamplat..era un om care nu merita asta.n'avea nici o treaba cu gastile de acolo era om cu familie. O prostie...cine a facut asta e un om de nimic.

[tre]

tot ce pot zice e pacat. pacat ca a murit un om, pacat ca a murit un om care-a lasat ceva in urma sa.
au inceput sa iasa la iveala super-lipsurile puterii care e hamerica. probabil ca cel ce l-a impuscat era un nigga-wannabe.

[Gavozdita]

credeam ca doar in romania sunt cretini.m am inselat...