Jam Master Jay remembered, 10 years on

A decade ago next week, the DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered at his studio – but his legacy lives on in hip-hopThe Scratch DJ Academy in New York was the first place in the world where aspirant DJs could learn their trade when it was opened in May 2002. A decade on and it has schools in Los Angeles and Miami, as well as touring to reach more people. The results are impressive: every year it teaches 50,000 people how to DJ.But one of its founders never got to see its legacy. At around 6pm on 30 O...

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