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Testimony
in
the
trial
of
two
men
alleged
to
have
murdered
Jam
Master
Jay
was
punctuated
by
a
former
drug
dealer
confirming
that
the
icon
sold
cocaine.
On
Monday
(Feb.
5),
a
jury
in
Brooklyn
Federal
Court
heard
tense
and
emotional
testimony
from
three
witnesses
in
the
trial
of
Karl
Jordan
Jr.
and
Ronald
Washington,
accused
of
murdering
Hip-Hop
icon
Jam
Master
Jay
of
Run-DMC.
The
first
of
those
witnesses,
Ralph
Mullgrav,
was
a
friend
of
the
DJ
and
a
former
Baltimore
drug
dealer
who
confirmed
that
Jam
Master
Jay
did
sell
cocaine.
“Jay
wasn’t
a
drug
dealer.
I’m
a
drug
dealer.”
Mullgrav
said
on
the
stand.
Mullgrav
testified
that
the
DJ
approached
him
to
sell
cocaine
that
he
had
obtained
–
“maybe
1
or
2
kilos,
here
or
there.”
He
also
stated
that
Jam
Master
Jay
“just
used
it
to
make
ends
meet.”
Mullgrav’s
testimony
comes
after
he
spent
seven
days
in
jail
after
being
arrested
on
a
material
witness
warrant,
which
is
used
to
coerce
uncooperative
witnesses
to
testify.
Mullgrav
also
stated
that
Mizell
had
approached
him
in
August
2002
about
having
him
sell
10
to
20
kilograms
of
cocaine
in
Baltimore.
Mizell
wanted
to
include
Washington,
but
Mullgrav
declined.
“I
told
him
no,”
Mullgrav
said,
citing
a
history
of
bad
blood
with
Washington.
“Yes,
he
[Washington]
was
a
problem.”
The
deal
was
scuttled
when
Washington
(also
known
as
Tigard)
showed
up
to
a
meeting
instead
of
Mizell.
“I
went
to
the
tire
to
get
my
gun,”
he
said,
detailing
how
he
stashed
a
weapon
in
the
tire
of
a
parked
car.
When
the
prosecutor
asked
what
his
next
move
was,
he
replied,
“Shoot
Tinard.”
The
prosecution
has
maintained
that
a
core
reason
that
Jordan
and
Washington
allegedly
murdered
Jam
Master
Jay,
also
known
as
Jason
Mizell,
in
a
Jamaica,
Queens,
recording
studio
on
October
30,
2002,
was
due
to
Mizell
cutting
Washington
out
of
that
deal.
The
revelation
opened
up
a
full
day
of
testimony
wrought
with
emotion
as
Lydia
High,
Jam
Master
Jay’s
former
business
manager,
took
the
stand
afterward.
High
did
state
that
Jordan
and
Washington
were
in
the
studio,
struggling
to
recount
the
details
but
confirming
“Jason
smiled,
he
smiled.
He
kind
of
gave
the
person
a
pound
and
that’s
when
he
said
‘Oh
(expletive)!’
I
heard
the
gun.
I
screamed
and
jumped
up
and
I
ran,
I
ran
for
the
door.”
Derrick
Parker,
the
“Hip-Hop
Cop”,
also
testified
to
close
out
the
day.
