A convict has been identified by a witness who says the inmate confessed to his part in the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) and the unsolved murder of a close associate of Tupac Shakur, according to the Boston Herald.
This information emerged during the federal robbery trial of 43-year-old Ronald “Tenad” Washington, this month.
“They want to blame me for all the blood in rap,” Washington said in an interview. “They are trying to pen me up for these murders.”
Washington has denied allegations of involvement in either slaying, however he was convicted on April 5 of six armed robberies and holdups he committed in November 2002, a few weeks after Jam Master Jay’s murder.
“It’s all lies. She’s telling them that I was mad at Jay because he is doing better than I am, that I killed Stretch because he owed me something and I wanted it. She’s making up lies because they threatened to deport her,” Washington said.
The witness, whose name is being withheld, did not return phone calls.
Washington is expected to be named in the Mizell and Walker cases when the federal government unveils a sweeping indictment charging multiple rap artists of several violent acts said law enforcement sources.
“Ronald Washington is a bad, bad guy,” said a source. “He is a key player in this rap industry case.”
Studio receptionist, Lydia High, is another witness who has been under police protection since telling investigators that Washington forced her face down on the floor as a second man shot Mizell in the head.
Washington claims he was at the studio that day because Mizell has asked him for protection saying, “I’m not the nicest guy in the world. People around here know that.”
