Two people arrested over the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

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Two men have finally been arrested in the 2002 slaying of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, law enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.

“It was all over drugs,” said a former investigator who worked on the case.

One of the men, Ronald Washington, had long been suspected of being involved in the hip-hop pioneer’s execution-style murder in his Queens studio, the source said.

Jay, 37, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was believed to have ponied up $15,000, while a pal put in another $15,000, to buy a total of 2 kilos of coke that the pair then planned to turn around and peddle.

Mizell was new to the drug world and just hoped to score a quick buck, sources told The Post around the time of his murder.

But intermediaries who were friends of Mizell instead allegedly took both the cash and drugs and split.

When the drug suppliers still demanded their dough, Mizell balked at paying any more, sources said.

“He said he got robbed, [too], and couldn’t pay them back,” the former prober said.

“After awhile, [the suppliers] said, ‘F–k it,’ and killed him,” the source said. “It looked like he had no way or intention of paying them, and they f–king shot him.

“It was always over drugs and money owed,” the source said. “They all knew each other.”

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