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Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups and are credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.
Known for
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self (archive footage)2025
- Death by Fame — Self (archive footage)2023
- Payback — Self (archive footage)2022
- ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? — Self [RUN-DMC] (archive footage)2018
- Rappin' With The Rickster — Self2010
- 2 Turntables and a Microphone — Self2008
- 20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes — Self (archive footage)2007
- Run DMC: Forever Kings — Self (archive footage)2004
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop — Self (archive footage)2004
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rapping
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jam Master Jay.png
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- Commons category
- Jam Master Jay
- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1965-01-21
- date of death
- 2002-10-30
- manner of death
- homicide
- pseudonym
- Jam Master Funk
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
- member of
- Run-DMC
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
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Jam Master Jay, de son vrai nom Jason William Mizell (21 janvier 1965 à Brooklyn, New York – 30 octobre 2002 à Jamaica, Queens, New York), est le fondateur et le disc jockey du groupe américain de hip-hop Run–D.M.C., établi dans le quartier de Queens, à New York. Dans les années 1980, Run-D.M.C. est devenu l'un des plus grands groupes de hip-hop, crédité pour avoir popularisé le genre.
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