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For almost two decades, the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay stood as one of the hip-hop world’s most infamous and elusive crimes, one of three long-unsolved slayings of major rap stars.

The music world mourned when Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the rap trio Run-DMC, was fatally shot in a recording studio in Queens in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, two men are set to go on trial for his killing.

The music world mourned when Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the rap trio Run-DMC, was fatally shot in a recording studio in Queens in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, two men are set to go on trial for his killing.

The music world mourned when Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the hip hop trio Run-DMC, was fatally shot in a recording studio in New York City in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, two men are set to go on trial for his killing.

Jury selection kicked off Monday in the federal trial of two men charged with murdering hip-hop legend Jason Mizell — better known as Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay — in his Queens studio more than twenty years ago as revenge for being cut out of a cocaine deal.

The jury selection on Monday comes just one day after what would have been the 59th birthday of Jason Mizell, also known as Jam Master Jay.

Two men, Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, face trial for Jam Master Jay's murder. A third man will be tried separately at a later date.

Jury selection began Monday in the trial over the murder of Jam Master Jay, the innovative Run-DMC DJ who was killed in his Queens studio two decades ago. All heralding from the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, Run-DMC included its DJ -- Jam Master Jay -- and the MCs who dropped rhymes, Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl McDaniels, or "DMC." They also established a new, enduring rap aesthetic incorporating street culture, a departure from the flashy, disco-inflected attire of...

Jason Mizell, who was part of the pioneering hip-hop group RUN-DMC, was killed on October 30, 2002.

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