The long running case surrounding the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay continues to develop, as a third man has now admitted his role in the fatal ambush that shocked Hip Hop nearly a quarter century ago.

Jay Bryant, 52, entered a guilty plea on April 27 to a federal murder charge, acknowledging that he played a part in setting up the circumstances that led to Jason Mizell’s death inside his Queens recording studio. According to court proceedings, Bryant admitted he helped grant access to individuals who carried out the shooting.

“I knew a gun was going to be used to shoot Jason Mizell,” he told a federal magistrate, per NBC News. “I knew that what I was doing was wrong and a crime.”

Bryant’s connection to the case did not surface publicly until 2023, when federal prosecutors named him in a superseding indictment tied to the decades long investigation. Authorities have maintained that the case never went cold, even as years passed without arrests.

“More than two decades after the coldblooded, execution-style killing of Mr. Mizell, an exhaustive investigation revealed Bryant’s role,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in a statement.

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