"Trial Begins for Alleged Assassins in Jam Master Jay's 2002 Murder"

The trial of the alleged assassins of hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., began with prosecutors claiming the 2002 murder was motivated by "greed and revenge" over a drug deal gone bad. The defendants are accused of ambushing and killing Jay at his Queens music studio due to a cocaine deal that didn't go as planned. Witnesses and evidence from the crime scene were presented in court, while the defense cast doubt on eyewitness testimony and questioned the handling of the investigation.