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March IO. 2004 /3ri|e ÿJortlanh (Dbseruer IOREOON ¡PARTNERSHIP Focus t w ln i Su«,loner « w Um Page B3 Helpline (Make The Call): 800 925-I1FIP Linea de Ayuda (Spanish): 877 515-7848 Youthline (Teen Helpline): 877-553-TEfcN CALL FOR NEW Minority Business Owners If you perform Construction Work or Construction Services Slain Rapper’s Mom Carries On Please contact: Group AGB LLC, Andre Baugh ■ 503 281-3638 andre@l2x4.com or FM Burch & Assoc., Faye Burch - 503 735-9455 fmburchpr@aol.com Promotes new charity in Jam Master Jay’s memory (A P )— Unlike millions ofpeople around the world. Jam M aster Ja y 's m other was never a big fan o f his music. “It’s ju st not my thing,” Connie M izell-Perry says in a brief respite from a m ore som ber subject: the unresolved killing o f her son. M ore than 16 m o n th s have passed since an unidentified gun man entered a Q ueens recording studio in New York City and put a bullet in the head o f the peace- prom oting hip hop legend, a found ing m em ber o f R un-D M C whose real nam e was Jason M izell. “I'v e adm itted to m yself he’s Conn/e Mizell-Perry, mother o f the late Jason Mizell, the hip hop legend known as Jam Master Jay gone," M izell-Perry said. “ I d o n 't and another son, Marvin Thompson, sit inside a van called “ The Jay-Whip“ in New York. (AP Photo) dw ell on how he left." sound as teens in the basem ent o f guards. bullet, this time fired from point-blank She dw elled m ostly on fond M izell-P erry's Q ueens home. She “H e 'd introduce me as ’My First range, entered the left side o f M izell ’ s m em ories o f her youngest child’s was busy working as a teaching L ady,’“ she said. head. The shooter vanished. rise to fam e as she prom oted a new assistant and singing in church M izell-Perry eventually m oved Speculation followed that Mizell, charity nam ed in his honor. The choirs. The other kids on the block back to her native North Carolina. who was drow ning in debt, may Jam M aster Jay Foundation for had to break the ne ws to her that her Her son stayed put in Queens. have been killed on orders from Youth, w hich she runs with an son was famous. The end cam e on Oct. 30,2002 at som eone he ow ed money. Some o th e r son, M arvin T h o m p so n , " ‘D o n ’t you know h e ’s Jam the 24/7 recording studio, where in authorities also have suggested hopes to raise $2 million for college M aster Jay?’" the m other recalled recent years, M izell, 37, had helped Mizell was caught in the crossfire scholarships. them asking. “I d id n ’t know any produce and prom ote lesser-known of a ri valry between rap figures who During the 1980s, M izell made thing about that. He was Jason to rap artists. T hat night, according to associate with known crim inals. rap music history by w orking the me.” one w itness, a man wearing a black A police spokesm an. D eputy turntables as Joe “R un” Sim m ons In R un-D M C ’s heyday, M izell sw eatsuit appeared and - after em ( hief M ichael Collins, said T ues and D arryl "D M C ” M cD aniels dem onstrated his success to his bracing M izell - pulled out a .40- day that the Mizell investigation rapped on hits like "K ing o f Rock," m other by taking her on the road. caliber pistol and opened fire. “ is still very active.” Privately, in “I f s Tricky ” and a Top 40 remake of There were sold-out concerts at A firs, round missed Mizell, in vestigators have com plained that A erosm ith’s "W alk T his W ay.” M adison Square G arden and other stead injuring a perform er who was th ey ’re stym ied by uncooperative The threesom e developed their arenas. A nd lim os. A nd body- working in the studio. A second w itnesses. MMMMNMM B la c k M a n ’s E y e s J “Amy Resting" by Jay Giliberty can be seen at the Buckley Center Gallery through April 8. H ope nm t o m On D isploi Jay G iliberty'sexhibitofoil paint ings, “The T hree o f Us. Betw een M em ory and H ope," are on display from M arch 15 through April 8 a, th e U n iv e r s ity o f P o r tl a n d 's Buckley C enter G allery at 5(XX) N. W illam ette Blvd. The title refers to Author has Keys to Paintball Success results com bining the artist, the canvas and the subject. The gallery is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. M onday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call 503-943-7792. I t ■ M M I« » MMHWtmt Keven L. A leem 's "Through A Black M a n 's E yes” takes you on a spiritual, passionate and em otional road to self-discovery and self-aw akening, that will leave you pondering how you view the world. 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