Around 19.30 this evening Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) of Run DMC was shot and killed inside a recording studio on Merrick Boulevard in NY, NY. Police still don't know much more than that. I really don't know what to say other than that. We just lost a legend. RIP Jay. We will miss you.

A little on Run DMC and JMJ.

• The first rap group to win a Grammy Award.
• The first rappers to grace the cover of Rolling Stone.
• The first rap act to earn a gold album. (RUN-DMC/1984)
• The first rap act to earn a platinum album (King Of Rock/1985).
• The first rap act to earn a multi-platinum album (Raising Hell/1986).
• The first rap group to combine rap with live, original metal guitar.
• The first rap group to have their videos played on MTV (as a result of the rap/rock collaboration with Aerosmith in Walk This Way.)
• The first rappers to appear on "American Bandstand" and "Saturday Night Live".
• The first rap act to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 ("Walk This Way"/1986).
• Run DMC was also the first rap group to star in major film.

Tributes to Jam Master Jay.