Posted 10:58 AM by Alfred

ok all i've got is 5 minutes so pay attention. oh yeah, and happy halloween.

first off, RIP Jam Master Jay. For those reading this from their amish farm, Jam Master Jay was the DJ and one-third of Run-DMC, the first rap group to break through Billboard and ring the cash cow chimes in Hip-Hop. Hearing about Jay getting shot in his own studio last night hit me like a ton of bricks this morning. I don't think I've been bothered by a celebrity death like this since Kurt Cobain. Seriously. Even Tupac and Biggie didn't twist my mental like this. Jay was just NOT a gangster style or violence oriented rap artist in any sense of the word. He was a founding father, someone who elevated rap to the public consciousness of MTV and mainstream America. Rap would have blown up without Run-DMC, but they kick started it and put it out there and hip hop rolled with it. They made it possible for LL, Big Daddy Kane, NWA, Boogie Down, X-Clan, Public Enemy, Kool Moe Dee, and all the phat 80's stars of the day (oh yeah the beasties too) to collect benjamins and build and create and otherwise bum-rush society.

so there's that, and that sucks.

I guess that's about it for now. I don't feel like being clever or coy or funny or whatever it is i am when i babble in this space. i'm just pissed that a talented and still young (only 37!!) man is dead probably due to stupid jealousy and people's inability to accept the success and good fortune of others. whoever did this is a goddamm punk.

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