50 Cent is never one to hold his tongue, and he’s now shared his response to the verdict in the murder trial of his former mentor Jam Master Jay.
On Tuesday (February 27), both defendants Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington were found guilty on all counts. Taking to Instagram with a screenshot of the news shortly after, Fif shared his contentment with the results.
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“Welp that’s all folks,” he wrote with a shrug emoji. “R.I.P Jam Master Jay.”
During his come-up, 50 Cent knew JMJ from their Queens neighborhood. Per NY Post, it had actually come up in the trial that the pair were celebrating 50’s new deal with Dr. Dre and Eminem just one day before Jay was murdered.
When it comes time for sentencing, Jordan and Washington face a minimum of 20 years behind bars, with a maximum of life. Both Jordan and Washington will be able to challenge the verdict on appeal, but it is unclear whether they will do so.
“More than two decades after they killed Jason Mizell in his recording studio, Jordan and Washington have finally been held accountable for their cold-blooded crime driven by greed and revenge,” United States Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement provided by the EDNY.
“That the victim, professionally known as Jam Master Jay, was a Hip Hop icon and Run-DMC’s music was born in Hollis, Queens, in this very district, and beloved by so many, adds to the tragedy of a life senselessly cut short.”
In 2020, Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington were indicted for the New York City shooting that left the 37-year-old legend dead inside a Queens recording studio.
Last year, Jay Bryant (49) became the third person to be charged in the case, though his trial will most likely take place in 2025. Like Jordan and Washington, Bryant has pleaded not guilty.
The trio are believed to have entered JMJ’s studio and fled after the fatal shooting, with Jordan firing two shots at the victim at close range, including one to the head that killed him. Prosecutors were able to prove that Bryant was seen entering the building immediately before the shooting and left behind an article of clothing at the crime scene, which contained his DNA.
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An investigation revealed that the slaying was over a drug deal gone wrong, with Jam Master Jay allegedly acquiring roughly 10 kilograms of cocaine (worth an estimated $1.7 million) from a Midwest narcotics supplier months before his death.
When the Hip Hop pioneer sought to exclude Jordan and Washington from the large, multi-state drug deal, they “murdered him in cold blood,” prosecutors said in their 2020 indictment against the two men.
