Jam Master Jay, the DJ of the rap group Run-DMC, was shot in the head and killed last night in a Queens recording studio.
“He has a little soul, to rock n’ roll
Every record that he touches turns to gold
He’s well conducted, self-instructed
His styles were plied, heavily constructed
Mechanically inclined, and if you don’t mind
We add spice to your life, time after time
And think about times, where he’s a long laster
We rock our rhymes for the Jam-Master.”
“Jam Master Jammin'” (1985)
From the Run-DMC site:
Hey, Sad day. Of all the people to get caught in that sh*t. What a shame.
It’s like Rap has lost their Beatle.
Mark