Down With the King
Nov. 1st, 2002 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlI can't believe it.
Jam Master Jay of Run DMC is dead. Wednesday night two armed men entered his recording studio and shot him once in the head at point blank range. I found out today when Mike sent me the CNN link.
Seriously, I'm speechless. To my mind this is like, bigger than the death of John Lennon. I mean, Run DMC are the grand daddies of mainstream rap. Without them there would be no Eminem, P. Diddy, DMX, Ja Rule, no rap on MTV or on the Billboard top ten. They are responsible in large part for the massive popularity of rap in America. Like one of Jay's fans said, Run DMC are the Beatles of hip hop. To see one of them die so tragically is stunning.
And it's not like the who east coast west coast thing that killed Biggie and Tupac. By all accounts, Run DMC was in no way caught up in that whole fiasco. Both sides of the country give props to Run DMC for thier influence. These are good guys. Jay was a husband and father of three.
I just can't wrap my head around this. Rap legend dead. I've had Peter Piper on repeat in my CD player all day. That is one of the funkiest most recognizable cuts in all of hip hop history and it's all cause of Jam Master Jay's spinning.
Okay I'm sick and tired of this. I'm calling a moratorium on death! I command that everybody STOP DYING until I regain my equilibrium!
Rest in Peace Jam Master Jay.
Jam Master Jay of Run DMC is dead. Wednesday night two armed men entered his recording studio and shot him once in the head at point blank range. I found out today when Mike sent me the CNN link.
Seriously, I'm speechless. To my mind this is like, bigger than the death of John Lennon. I mean, Run DMC are the grand daddies of mainstream rap. Without them there would be no Eminem, P. Diddy, DMX, Ja Rule, no rap on MTV or on the Billboard top ten. They are responsible in large part for the massive popularity of rap in America. Like one of Jay's fans said, Run DMC are the Beatles of hip hop. To see one of them die so tragically is stunning.
And it's not like the who east coast west coast thing that killed Biggie and Tupac. By all accounts, Run DMC was in no way caught up in that whole fiasco. Both sides of the country give props to Run DMC for thier influence. These are good guys. Jay was a husband and father of three.
I just can't wrap my head around this. Rap legend dead. I've had Peter Piper on repeat in my CD player all day. That is one of the funkiest most recognizable cuts in all of hip hop history and it's all cause of Jam Master Jay's spinning.
Okay I'm sick and tired of this. I'm calling a moratorium on death! I command that everybody STOP DYING until I regain my equilibrium!
Rest in Peace Jam Master Jay.
