Why did it take 18 years to file charges in the murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay?

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Aug 20, 202000:08:08Music

News broke this week that criminal charges have been filed in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay. Why has this crime taken two decades to crack?

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