In glitzy Instagram posts and media sitdowns, Tyra Myricks laid claim to the legacy of the man she calls her father — the late and legendary DJ Jam Master Jay.
She boasted in interviews of her executive position with hip-hop icon Drake’s clothing line, earned a reported seven-figure income as a rising young entrepreneur, and opened a Los Angeles pizzeria last year with the daughter of Brooklyn rap icon Notorious B.I.G.
Behind the public facade, multiple interviews and court documents present a starkly different backstory for the 29-year-old Myricks. She never worked in any position with the four-time Grammy winning artist’s businesses, according to the Drake camp. Myricks did jail time in a Maryland identity theft case targeting two unsuspecting victims, and was accused by a pair of Los Angeles landlords with nonpayment of rent after relocating to California, legal papers indicated.
There’s more: A publicist hired to promote the media-heavy 2021 debut of “Juicy Pizza” claims she was stiffed on part of her bill for the work. More ominously, Myricks faces a court date next month for failure to pay restitution of $65,870 to victims of the Maryland scam, a possible violation of her probation, recently filed court papers showed.
And Jay’s extended family remains divided on whether her paternity claim is legit. Two cousins of the slain DJ, whose real name is Jason Mizell, say the hip-hop icon would be spinning in his grave over her assertion. Based on her past history, they...
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