Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, was an American musician and DJ best known as a member of the pioneering hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. His innovative turntable techniques and contributions to the group's classic tracks, such as "It's Like That" and "Walk This Way," helped shape the early sound of hip-hop. Jam Master Jay's influence on the genre and his contributions to music are celebrated in the history of hip-hop.

"There's no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn't rock it."



"Then I got a gig with an older friend who had the equipment and he played in this bar. They would bring me in the bar through the backdoor and I would DJ in the back room most of the night. Then they'd take me out the backdoor, so I was never really in the bar."



"Profile has half the publishing and they control and administer the publishing and distribute and own the records, so our group is a 10-point crew. But we got a lot of money off of the shows."



"The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day."

