LL Cool J on Jam Master Jay Murder Indictment: ‘I’m Glad They’re One Step Closer to a Conviction’

When LL Cool J heard that authorities in New York had indicted two men in the murder of Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ for the hip-hop trio Run-DMC who was killed in 2002, he felt relief. “I’m just so happy that they got indicted on that,” LL tells Rolling Stone. “And I’m just glad that they’re one step closer to a conviction. It was an absolute tragedy. [Jay] will always be forever respected by me.” The rapper had previously showed his appreciation for the DJ by sending a flower arrangement to Jay’s funeral with a note that read, “Love, respect — LL Cool J, Student.” “He was my friend,” he says. “Jay was just a guy that I always had an admiration for that I looked to as a big brother who I argued with, who I talked music with, who I butted heads with in a good way, who taught me. … I went on tour with Run-DMC. They put me under their wing.” LL, who recently launched a new website paying tribute to classic hip-hop called Rock the Bells, was still too young to vote when he was featured alongside Run-DMC in the film Krush Groove, and… Read full this story

• How Boots Riley Infiltrated Hollywood
• Adam McKay
• PSYCH SLEUTH / Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology of brainwashing
• Every Kirsten Dunst Role, Ranked
• Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021
• The ‘God Damn’ Tree That Nearly Brought America and North Korea to War
• Are you now or were you ever?(II)
• N.W.A Reflect on ‘Efil4zaggin,’ 1991’s Most Dangerous Album
• The Experiment Podcast: A Friend in the Execution Room
• The Abortion I Didn’t Have

LL Cool J on Jam Master Jay Murder Indictment: ‘I’m Glad They’re One Step Closer to a Conviction’ have 278 words, post on www.rollingstone.com at August 26, 2020. This is cached page on NGHONG. If you want remove this page, please contact us.