Two people have been charged with the 2002 murder of the musician known as Jam Master Jay, according to an indictment unsealed Monday, bringing closure to a case that has remained unsolved for years. Jam Master Jay, whose given name is Jason Mizell, died in 2002, after he was fatally shot in a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. He is best known as the DJ of the pioneering and influential hip-hop group Run-DMC.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 17, 2020 17:56 UTC