Many in the neighborhood said Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell was murdered over a drug deal gone bad. It was common knowledge that Jay was mixed up in narcotics trafficking, said Curtis Scoon, a former friend whom few thought was a possible suspect. “He owed a lot of people money. He was so broke he was pawning his jewelry to drug dealers. Everybody loved Jay except the people he did business with,” Scoon told British journalist Frank Owen, who wrote a 2003 Playboy article.
This week’s federal complaint alleges that in addition to his music career, Jay was involved in transporting kilogram-quantities of cocaine for retail sale in New York City and elsewhere between 1996 and 2002.
“(In) July 2002, Mizell acquired approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine on consignment from a supplier in the Midwest,” the complaint says. “The cocaine was intended to be distributed in Maryland by Washington, Jordan and other co-conspirators.
“A dispute between Washington and one of the co-conspirators resulted in Mizell telling Washington that he would be cut out of the Maryland transaction.
“Following Washington’s dispute with Mizell, Washington and Jordan conspired to murder Mizell.”
Washington and Jordan were both armed when they entered the studio on Oct. 30, 2002, federal authorities said.
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