50 Cent Signs On As Exec. Producer Of JMJ Documentary
Shaheem Reid
MTV.com
We already know that 50 Cent is releasing the movie "Before I Self Destruct" alongside his album of the same title. However, the Queens mogul told MTV News exclusively on Friday that he's planning to add even more to the set when it drops in December 9. For a limited time, he'll also be distributing the documentary "Two Turntables and a Microphone," which centers on the life, legacy and untimely death of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay.
"It's intense," he said.
The documentary was produced in part by JMJ's cousin, Stephon "Phonz" Watford, and 50 Cent was recently brought in as an executive producer.
"Phonz was working on that project for five years," 50 explained. "He came to me, and I shot my [interview] portion that's on the documentary. We met in Atlanta the first time and ended up shooting in Amsterdam."
Besides Fif, some of Jay's other protégés and peers — such as Onyx, Rev Run and Russell Simmons — as well as some of his childhood friends sat down to talk for the cameras. Although the filmmakers don't come out and say who they think the killer is, they do infer that at least two people in Jay's inner circle know who committed the atrocious crime. Jason " Jam Master Jay" Mizell was gunned down six years ago this week while in his Queens studio. Although several theories have been reported and rumored over the years, the police have never officially named a suspect in the case. The case remains unsolved.
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