One of two men accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay almost 20 years ago has been hit with unrelated drug trafficking charges, according to Brooklyn federal prosecutors.
Karl Jordan, Jr., is charged with busting into the DJ & hip-hop icon’s studio in October 2002 & shooting Jam Master Jay at point-blank range while his co-defendant Ronald Washington, 56, pointed a gun at others in the room.
The 36-year-old now faces new allegations he distributed up to 280 grams of cocaine, or roughly 10 ounces, in Brooklyn between March 2016 & August 2020, according to the indictment filed Thursday, & carried a gun with him while he did it.
Jordan was charged with conspiracy to distribute & sell a controlled substance & firearms charges, filings show.
Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York — where Washington & Jordan are being tried — say Jam Master Jay, whose legal name was Jason Mizell, was killed over a botched drug deal.
According to the feds, Jam Master Jay acquired some cocaine that he was planning on selling with Washington ― but he cut Washington out of the deal at the last minute, prompting his spurned partner to seek revenge.
Jordan & Washington were arrested in August last year & held without bail 18 years after the killing. They each face significant prison time if convicted.
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Source: New York Daily News
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