The rapper Jam Master Jay in comparison with God

Jason Mizell, also called Jam Master Jay, was a recording artist, producer and DJ, most identified for being a part of the legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC. As a part of Run-DMC, alongside together with his crew members Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Mizell helped pioneer hip-hop through the Nineteen Eighties and produced a few of their largest hits.

Nevertheless, in 2002, on the age of 37, Mizell was shot and killed at his Jamaica, Queens recording studio. As part of Run-DMC, Mizell achieved an unfathomable quantity of mainstream industrial success.

The trio’s reputation was nearly immediate after they launched their debut single ‘It’s Like That/Sucker MCs’, and from there, it continued to develop, with their Aerosmith collaboration remaining legendary to today. Nevertheless, regardless of his personal success alongside Rev Run and DMC, Mizell had respect for different MCs and admired one specifically.

Earlier this yr, in celebration of hip-hop’s fiftieth anniversary, the esteemed music publication Pitchfork spoke to a large number of artists, together with the epic Rev Run (actual identify Joseph Simmons), who unveiled Mizell’s love for Public Enemy.

Recalling the primary time the trio heard the ‘Fight The Power’ creators, Simmons remembered, “I was going on tour with the Beastie Boys, and Chuck D and Hank Shocklee came to meet us at JFK Airport. Chuck said, ‘Y’all gotta hear this,’ and they gave Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen a cassette tape of a new record they had just made.”

He continued, “This song was so captivating and addictive that Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys would rush to the dressing room after the show and listen to it on my JVC boombox. It wasn’t just a statement about political and social issues—it was a statement about how no motherfuckers could make hip-hop this incredible.”

Simmons later confirmed the tape to Jam Master Jay, who, in amazement, exclaimed, “God has come down from heaven to rock the mic.” Rev Run added, “What’s beautiful is that Chuck said he created the cadence off of Rakim, the God MC. Sonically, it was the most powerful, ear-catching, aggressive, complete production of a Hip Hop record. It was mature and youthful. It was who we were before we started making records.”

Chuck D has at all times proven love for Run-DMC, and the teams of Nineteen Eighties New York all made a seismic affect on the sound of hip-hop in their very own distinctive methods and made it far richer because it started to evolve. You may hear an interview with Chuck D and DMC of Run-DMC talking on the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in regards to the period within the video under.