A third man was charged Tuesday with the 2002 murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay.
Jay Bryant, 49, is currently being held on unrelated federal drug charges and will be arraigned on the murder charge at a later date.
Bryant was charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell, while engaged in narcotics trafficking, according to a superseding indictment filed in federal court in New York's Eastern District.
The prosecutor's office said Bryant was observed entering the DJ's Queens recording studio immediately before the shooting on Oct. 20, 2002. A piece of clothing left at the scene contained his DNA, according to the memo.
Bryant’s lawyer, Cesar de Castro, released this statement in an email,
“Mr. Bryant will be pleading not guilty,” “Securing an indictment in a secret grand jury, applying an extremely low burden of proof, is one thing. Proving it at trial is another matter.”
Jason William Mizell , better known as Jam Master J, was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups and are credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.
