"As the backbone of seminal trio Run-DMC, Jay revolutionized the role of the hip hop DJ.He took a somewhat static position and turned it into a dynamic force of music. Jay was at once composer, choreographer, producer and band leader. Perhaps what resonated most with me was Jay's reverence for the medium.
He approached the turntable in the spirit of a musical instrument; his deft cuts on countless records were the perfect compliment to the unexampled rhyme styles of DJ Run and DMC.
They were records that changed everything."
-- Michael Cusenza, in a Birthday appreciation for the late Jason William Mizell - whose killer is running free - somewhere near New York's Daily News.
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