DJ Jam Master J'Son: "Son of Jam Master Jay Follows in Dad's Footsteps"

Son of Jam Master Jay Follows in Dad's Footsteps
by Tom Llamas

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Son-of-Jam-Master-Jay-Follows-in-Da...

NBCNewYork gets inside look into unsolved murder of pioneering rapper

It's "Tricky," but if you find yourself swaying your head to a familiar beat from a DJ with a familiar look, we suggest you do a double take.

The son of Jam Master Jay is now spinning throughout New York City and he goes by the name DJ Jam Master J'son.

Jam Master Jay was the one-man band for RUN DMC -- a DJ with scratches and beats that kept the party going while the Rev. Run and DMC unloaded rhymes. Yet the pioneering rapper encountered the same fate as the greats after him like Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.

Jam Master Jay was murdered eight years ago and his killer remains at large. He was gunned down in his Queens studio off Merrick Boulevard.

"To the world, Jam Master Jay was lost. To me, I lost my Dad," says Jason Mizell Jr.

"Witnesses were very afraid of the bat, some didn't want to cooperate, some did, but they were very afraid to cooperate," says former NYPD Detective Derrick Parker of the investigation into the still unsolved murder.

Parker wrote a book about the murder from his time working with Hip-Hop related crimes. He took NBCNewYork back to the scene of the crime: the second floor studio of 90-10 Merrick Boulevard.

"Apparently who ever was up there that buzzed those people in knew who they were letting in," said Parker, who like other investigators believes Jay knew his killer.

Jay's studio has been converted into the Hall of Fame studio owned by a new company that has kept Jay's legacy alive with painted murals and several RUN DMC memorabilia that decorate the walls.

Jay was playing video games with a friend when the killer walked into the studio with an accomplice and shot Jay point blank.

Police sources tell NBCNewYork witnesses have not come forward out of fear for their own lives. At least two people in the studio at the time of the murder saw the killer's face, yet no one will point a finger. The motive is still unknown, but investigators have discounted an early theory that the killing was based on a hip-hop dispute.

"It messed me up for a long time, actually," says Mizell Jr., who now doesn't dwell on his father's death.

He says if he had five minutes with his Dad he would ask him about music, not murder.

"How much (sic) hours did you literally spend staring at a turntable? My father didn't mess up ever -- that's pretty strange he was like a computer with the turntable."

DJ Jam Master J'son Website(s)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000133334812
http://www.myspace.com/jammasterjr

E-Mail
djezbread@gmail.com

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[idriis21]

whats good DJ TRUUF FUTURE STAR DJS checkn in ...Keep Grinding J'son #LETSWORK

[jpg2085]

@idriis21 He is currently on tour, but when he returns to the United States I'll tell DJ Jam Master J'son you want to work with him...

[botopdawg]

I saw them when I was stationed in Germany, he signed a shirt for me and I will never forget how much of a down to earth person he was even though he was a hip hop god.

[Art1Airbrush]

JAM MASTER JAY MURALS WERE PAINTED BY ART-1................917-207-1­913

[515sbest]

So

Sad

RIP

JMJ

JmJson ya dad was a true family man and son of hiphop

His Killer or Killers will be judge by GOD

and then sent to HELL!

[KWSraps]

Best wishes my 1st Record was rundmc's

Jam Master Jay all the Love from Frankfurt Germany Europe KWS ll Hennse

[jsoulonfirre]

I grew up imitating RunDmc in talent show, I'd love to see J'Son in the mainstream.Maybee he could hook up wit Diggy...lol

[DJReupThaBoss478]

thats my bro!!! What up Jam Master J'son!!! The legend lives on!!! DHC415!!!

[emceemaka]

If Jayson, son of JMJ were to ever read this, know this... I am a teacher in the public school system. I have taught the history of Hip Hop for the last ten years in LAUSD. In 2005, I wrote, directed, and produced a musical on the history of Hip Hop dedicated to your father. I am currently working on my Doctorate in order to educate young adults about the history of Hip Hop. Your dad inspired me at a young age to do everything I do now. I thank him for that. God Bless. One, Maka

[DJCASPER718]

THATS MY DUDEEEE JAM MASTER JAY"SON AKA JITTA