Run-DMC retires, assists family of slain DJ
The surviving Run-DMC duo of Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniel announced that the act has officially retired from recording and touring.
The surviving Run-DMC duo of Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniel announced that the act has officially retired from recording and touring.
At a press conference on Wednesday (11/06), Simmons said: “As a tribute to the positive legacy of Jam Master Jay, we started together and we want the Run-DMC legacy to always reflect the three of us together.”
Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, the third member of the famed Run-DMC trio, was shot and killed on Oct. 30 at his recording studio Queens, New York.
Simmons and McDaniel, along with Simmons’ brother Russell Simmons (co-founder of Def Jam Records), rap-music luminaries such as Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Busta Rhymes, Doug E. Fresh, Chuck D, Salt-n-Pepa’s Spinderella, the Beastie Boys’ King Ad-Rock, and a number of other industry representatives and non-profit groups, announced on Wednesday that they had formed a coalition to help support Mizell’s widow and three children.
Specifically, the coalition plans to raise funds to purchase the Mizell family’s home, provide financial assistance for Mizell’s children to attend college and “develop an incentive for members of the community to come forward with information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible” for Mizell’s death, according to a press release.
Police continue to search for the masked gunman who shot Mizell. Progress in the investigation has reportedly been hampered by a lack of input from residents of Mizell’s community. Authorities have asked anyone with information regarding Mizell’s murder to call 800-577-TIPS.
Donations to the Mizell children’s trust fund can be sent to: The Mizell Children’s Fund, c/o Terri Corley-Mizell, PO Box 3497, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040.
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