Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels from Run DMC has been speaking about the unsolved murder of his friend and colleague Jam Master Jay. Talking to Rolling Stone magazine he said: "It's a shame. Look at Tupac and Biggie, and now Jam Master Jay: Every day in the hood you got dying, and it goes unsolved. The very thing Jay was trying to help other people get away from was the thing that killed him. No matter how big and famous you get, there's no getting away from the hood. Maybe fifteen people I grew up with got murdered. I have a couple of friends in jail for life. Jay was another one of my homeys that got shot and murdered; he just happened to be Jam Master Jay. I have to take a deep breath and know that they might never catch his killer."
A New York Police Department spokesman admitted to Rolling Stone that there are no new developments in their investigations into Jay’s murder – initial theories suggested Jay may have been killed over debts or as part of a botched drug deal, but strong evidence is lacking for either.
McDaniels is recording a new record called ‘Missing My Friend’ that is likely to include guest appearances from the likes of 50 Cent, Nas and Mary J. Blige, and profits from which will go to Jay’s family. "I want to say to whoever did this, 'You didn't really murder Jay. His spirit lives on.'"