Jam Master Jay of Run DMC killed.
Date: Thursday, October 31 @ 00:34:08 EST
Topic: Music
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.)
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- 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.
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