Jason William Mizell , also known as Jam-Master Jay or Jay Gambulos, was a founder and the DJ of Run-D.M.C., a hip hop group based in the Queens borough of New York City. Mizell was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Queens at the age of 10 with his family. He played bass and drums in several garage bands prior to joining Run-D.M.C.; on all of their albums from Raising Hell on, he played keyboards, bass, and live drums in addition to his turntable work. Mizell remained in his childhood neighborhood his entire life. He founded the 'Scratch DJ Academy' in Manhattan for children interested in DJing. In the 1990s, Mizell survived a bad car accident and a gunshot wound. On October 30, 2002, he was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Queens, New York. The other person in the room, twenty-three-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the ankle and survived. What can we say about such an iconic figure of Hip Hop and Rap music. No body rocked the decks like JMJ.
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