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Jam Master Jay

1965 - 2002

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Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups and are credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.Mizell was murdered in his Queens, New York recording studio in a 2002 shooting that remained cold until two perpetrators were arrested in 2020. In 2024, both perpetrators were found guilty of murdering Mizell and face between 20 years to life in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jam Master Jay has received more than 3,244,496 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jam Master Jay is the 2,063rd most popular singer (down from 1,828th in 2019), the 11,064th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,929th in 2019) and the 538th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jam Master Jays by language

Over the past year Jam Master Jay has had the most page views in the with 473,006 views, followed by German (38,195), and French (10,177). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Kurmanji) (342.52%), Southern Azerbaijani (179.25%), and Ukrainian (130.12%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jam Master Jay ranks 2,063 out of 4,381. Before him are Jack Jones, Mahendra Kapoor, Campino, Siobhan Fahey, David Ruffin, and Bosson. After him are Annie Haslam, Matthieu Chedid, Soraya, Bebe, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, and Dani Filth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jam Master Jay ranks 437. Before him are Marguerite MacIntyre, Rei Sakuma, Karel Nováček, Brad Armstrong, Wakana Yamazaki, and Gregor Foitek. After him are Henrik Andersen, Terry Richardson, Keiji Inafune, Goldie, Tyler Bates, and Paco Llorente. Among people deceased in 2002, Jam Master Jay ranks 325. Before him are Satish Dhawan, Tadeusz Rut, Pratima Barua Pandey, Tom Dowd, Renato Pirocchi, and Marga Petersen. After him are Krishan Kant, Jürgen Werner, Dave Williams, Robert L. Forward, Pat Flaherty, and Jack Fairman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jam Master Jay ranks 11,064 out of 20,380. Before him are Harvey Pekar (1939), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Raymond Thorne (1887), Burton Jastram (1910), Baby Dodds (1898), and Mike McCready (1966). After him are April Bowlby (1980), Lauren Weisberger (1977), Al Foster (1943), Balthazar Getty (1975), Matt Hardy (1974), and Richard Edson (1954).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jam Master Jay ranks 538. Before him are Sheb Wooley (1921), Bobbie Gentry (1942), Slim Thug (1980), Mary Costa (1930), Jack Jones (1938), and David Ruffin (1941). After him are Soraya (1969), Dave Williams (1972), Rudy Vallée (1901), Johnny Tillotson (1938), David Miller (1973), and Johnny Ace (1929).

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