Rapper ODB died accidentally from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller, a US coroner has ruled.

A man identified as a rap music promoter was fatally shot while sitting in his van in New York city – three days after the killing of Run-DMC founder Jam Master Jay, authorities said.

WHILE police investigated whether a feud led to the fatal shooting of Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering rap trio Run-DMC, friends and family mourned and puzzled over the slaying.

American rap fans were in shock yesterday after Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering band Run DMC, was gunned down in his New York recording studio.

Jam Master Jay, part of the pioneering rap trio Run DMC, has been shot and killed.