Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay poses for a portrait circa May, 1999 in Los Angeles, California.
Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay poses for a portrait circa May, 1999 in Los Angeles, California.
  • The federal trial of two men charged in the killing of Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay got underway Monday.
  • Jurors were shown grisly photos from the 2002 New York City crime scene. 
  • The hip-hop legend, given name Jason Mizell, was shot dead in his Queens recording studio. 

People were screaming, bleeding, sobbing. A video game was still running on a TV set, recessed into the wall.

And slouched at the foot of a dark green couch was 37-year-old Jason William Mizell — hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay — dead in a pool of his own blood on the floor of his Queens recording studio.