Jay Bryant Pleads Guilty in Jam Master Jay Murder

0:00On April 27, Jay Bryan just pleaded guilty in the long-cold murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay, the first real admission after over 20 years. The 52-year-old walked into Brooklyn Federal Court today and owned up, saying he knew a gun would be used to shoot Jason Mazzell back in two. 2002, this flips his not guilty plea from when he got indicted in 2023. Months of backroom talks between his lawyers and feds led to this deal. Meanwhile, his co-defendants are in a different mess. Carl Jordan Jr.'s conviction got tossed by a judge last December for weak motive evidence. While Ronald Washington still holds as he awaits sentencing, the case has been hip-hop drama from day one, with Bryan's DNA on a hat at the Queen studio, where Jay got ambushed on October 30, 2002. His uncle claimed Bryan pulled the trigger, but friends swore they saw Jordan do it out close. Prosecutors say Bryan helped sneak the killers in through a fire door, tying up loose ends from his earlier drug and gun busts.

1:02Now with this plea, the feds push forward amid the overturned rulings and witness clashes. This guilty turn brings some closure to Jam Master Jay's unsolved legacy, but the full story on Run DMC's Turn Table King stays tangled as a peels drag. On, music news, powered by AI. This is music news today.