On a cold January afternoon in 2014, Jamal Green, a 42-year-old male known in the music world as the rapper Mazaradi Fox, was fatally shot in Queens, New York. The attack occurred at the intersection of Farmers Boulevard and 134th Avenue when a gunman, concealed by a black ski mask, unleashed a barrage of bullets into the white SUV Green was riding in. Green, who was struck in the chest, stumbled out of the vehicle and collapsed in a nearby driveway, where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting, which happened shortly after 4 p.m. on January 3rd, also left three other people in the vehicle wounded.
The aftermath of the brazen daylight shooting sent ripples through the community and the hip-hop world, where Green had ties to 50 Cent's G-Unit crew. The investigation into the targeted attack quickly led law enforcement to a suspect. A month after the shooting, Jamal Scott, a 35-year-old man from the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, was arrested and charged in connection with the murder. The charges brought against Scott were extensive, including murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Investigators believe the motive for the shooting was a long-simmering desire for revenge. The violence was thought to be in retaliation for the 1998 killing of Jamal Scott's brother, an incident in which Green was allegedly involved. Green himself had a criminal history and had been released from prison just two weeks before his death after serving a sentence for attempted assault. The arrest of Jamal Scott brought some measure of resolution to the case, but it also underscored a tragic cycle of violence.
