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The alleged murderers of Jam Master Jay were executioners who ambushed the Run-DMC member as part of a drug dispute, US prosecutors told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments of the long-awaited trial.- Financial lifeline - The trial has revealed a lesser-known side of Mizell, who along with his band Run-DMC had railed against drug culture.
In the years before his death, the Run-DMC D.J. Jam Master Jay secretly turned to the drug trade to keep providing financial support to relatives and friends, according to testimony.
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The pioneering DJ for Run DMC -- whose real name was Jason Mizell -- died in what prosecutors said was a revenge killing after he became tied up in dealing drugs as a way "to make ends meet," witnesses told the jury in the trial of his two alleged killers.
Ralph Mullgrav, a convicted drug dealer, testified Monday that Jam Master Jay got involved in cocaine trafficking to pay his bills.