Man pleads guilty to role in 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

Jay Bryant’s admission came more than two decades after the rapper’s killing, but he didn’t name others involved

Nearly a quarter century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades.

Jay Bryant pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge that he helped other people get into a recording studio to ambush the DJ, born Jason Mizell.

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