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Jam Master Jay Records folded after Jason Mizell was murdered on October 30, 2002. Mizell's legacy includes the Scratch DJ Academy in Manhattan . Founded in 2002, the year of his death, the academy was created to "provide unparalleled education and access to the art form of the DJ and producer."
JMJ Records was an American record label which was founded in 1985 by Jason Mizell, better known as Jam Master Jay from Run-D.M.C. The label was relaunched in 2017 by Jam Master J'Son, the oldest son of Jam Master Jay. The label released such artists as The Afros, Fam-Lee, Onyx, Jayo Felony, Suga and 50 Cent. The label closed in 2002 after the ...
Bacdafucup is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Onyx, released on March 30, 1993, by JMJ Records, Rush Associated Labels and Chaos Recordings.The album was produced by Randy Allen (Executive Producer), Chyskillz, Jam Master Jay and Kool Tee.
The documentary looks into the case of when DJ Jam Master Jay was killed at the age of 37. Despite six witnesses present at the scene of the crime, no one has ever been convicted. Jam Master Jay's friends and family speculate about the circumstances of the late DJ's unsolved murder. [4]
Hit singles such as "Jam-Master Jay" and "Hard Times" proved that the group were more than a one-hit wonder, and the landmark single "Rock Box" was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip hop and hard rock that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the rap rock-subgenre movement of the 1990s.
When Jay heard the songs he was like, 'Yo, I love the group'." Sticky Fingaz would join Onyx as a full-time member after Jam Master Jay stated, “If Sticky ain't in the group, it ain't no group!”. Jay signed the group to his label, JMJ Records , for a single deal, followed by an EP deal.
Jason William Mizell Jr. (born April 14, 1986), better known by his stage name DJ Jam Master J'Son, is an American musician, music producer, and Disc Jockey (DJ). He is the oldest son of deceased Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay. He is currently the official DJ of his father's hip hop group Run–D.M.C. [1]
The music on the album was created by Larry Smith's group Orange Krush using the Oberheim DMX drum machine and Jam Master Jay's scratches mixed in a guitar riff. [12] The album was dedicated to the memory of DJ June Bug who worked as a DJ in the Bronx at the club Disco Fever, selling drugs at the same time. [13]