The detention center, which also currently houses rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, has a reputation for being a violent place.

Karl Jordan, one of the men convicted of killing Run-DMC legend Jam Master Jay in 2002, was stabbed in the MDC Brooklyn jail Sunday, the Daily News has learned.

Jordan has been behind bars there since September 2020 when he was charged in the cold case murder of the pioneering Run-DMC deejay born Jason Mizell who was fatally shot in his Queens recording ...

The rap group Run-DMC, from left, Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and Jason Mizell "Jam Master Jay," poses at the 31st annual Grammy Awards in New York on March 2, 1988. (AP Photo/Mark ...

Born Jason Mizell, Jam Master Jay worked the turntables in Run-DMC as the group helped hip-hop break into the pop music mainstream in the 1980s with such hits as “It’s Tricky” and a fresh ...

One of the two men convicted of murdering rap legend Jam Master Jay was stabbed during a melee at a New York City jail over the weekend, according to two sources familiar with the attack.