NEW YORK -- A guilty verdict was reached Tuesday in the murder trial for two men charged with killing Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay.The hip-hop icon, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was gunned down in 2002 inside his music studio in Hollis, Queens.Prosecutors said Mizell's godson, Karl Jordan Jr., and his childhood friend, Ronald Washington, killed the DJ after he cut them out of a cocaine trafficking deal.While many celebrated the guilty verdict, others said justice came at a price.
Prosecutors said when Mizell cut Jordan and Washington out of a deal to sell coke in Baltimore, they conspired to kill him, with the help of a third suspect, Jay Bryant.Bryant was charged last year. Prosecutors say he slipped into the studio and let Jordan and Washington in through a fire escape.Bryant has pleaded not guilty and will face a judge in a separate trial.When asked if justice came at a price, Mizell's cousin, Ryan Thompson, said, 'Yes.