Jam Master Jay Foundation, DMC, adidas Planning Gala Event

The Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music and adidas will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the renowned adidas Superstar sneaker, dubbed the "shell top" and made famous by hip-hop icons Run DMC, while commemorating the life of slain Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay. The gala benefit takes place February 25 in New York City […]

The Jam Master

Jay Foundation for Music and adidas will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the

renowned adidas Superstar sneaker, dubbed the "shell top" and made

famous by hip-hop icons Run DMC, while commemorating the life of slain Run DMC

DJ Jam Master Jay.

The gala benefit takes place February 25 in New York City and

represents the official kickoff of Jam Master Jay Foundation, a non-profit organization

that provides funding and resources for public school music education programs.

"This

is going to be a real, life changing organization. We’re gonna impact lives

and we’re gonna really make a difference," DMC told AllHipHop.com. "We’re

gonna do everything that hip-hop is supposed to be doing right now."

All proceeds from the benefit go to the Jam Master Jay Foundation

for Music, a new organization founded by Jay’s wife Terri Mizell, separate from

the organization founded by Jay’s mother Connie Mizell-Perry and brother Marvin

Thompson.

DMC says he hopes to keep Jam Master Jay’s legacy alive by serving

as the spokesman for the foundation.

"Even though he’s not physically with us, I’m gonna do

everything in my power to make sure people remember his name," said DMC.

"At the same time, I’m gonna be the vehicle ¬ and do everything that

Jay would have been doing if he was still here on earth with us today."

The JMJ: Superstar featured event at the gala includes appearances

by Missy Elliott, Kid Rock, DMC, Chuck D and other top names in music, fashion

and entertainment.

"This is what what Jay represented, this is what Run-DMC

represented, this is what Hip-Hop represented," DMC said of the organization

and what it stands for.

Jam Master Jay

was gunned down in his Queens, New York recording studio on October 30, 2002.

Despite several

leads and several witnesses to the murder, no one has ever been arrested for

the murder of the legendary DJ, who helped spread Hip-Hop music across the globe.