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JAM MASTER JAY MURDER LINKED TO GOTTI ASSOCIATE?: McGriff may have targeted deejay for working with 50 Cent, affidavit reveals.
*The feds are looking into whether Queens drug kingpin Kenneth (Supreme) McGriff is behind the death of Jam Master Jay because the deejay ignored an industry “blacklist” of 50 Cent.
The information, obtained by the Smoking Gun web site, appeared in a 2003 affidavit used by federal agents to obtain a search warrant for the offices of record label Murder Inc., founded by McGriff’s longtime associate Irving (Irv Gotti) Lorenzo. The document reveals that McGriff had been keeping tabs on 50’s whereabouts with the ultimate plan of his shooting death. Beef between the two reportedly began in 2000, when Fif released a song called "Ghetto Koran" that included details about McGriff's "Supreme Team" drug gang.
"The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy involving McGriff and others to murder a rap artist who has released songs containing lyrics regarding McGriff's criminal activities," the affidavit reads. "The rap artist was shot in 2000, survived and thereafter refused to cooperate with the law enforcement regarding the shooting. Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to kill this rap artist and that he communicates with Murder Inc. employees concerning the target."
McGriff is currently facing multiple murder charges in Brooklyn Federal Court. Gotti and his brother Chris will also go on trial on charges of laundering McGriff's drug cash through the record company.
The affidavit also says that 50 was "blacklisted in the recording industry" shortly after the release of “Ghetto Koran.” According to Internal Revenue Service agent Francis Mace, the Oct. 30, 2002, murder of Jam Master Jay, the former Run-DMC deejay whose real name was Jason Mizell, may be tied to the drama between McGriff and 50 Cent.
"Law enforcement agents are investigating the possibility that Mizell was murdered for defying the blacklist of 50 Cent," agent Mace wrote.
Jam Master Jay, 37, was shot and killed by masked gunmen who burst into his 24-7 recording studio in downtown Jamaica. His murder is still unsolved.
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