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Queens, New York (1983 – 2002)
Run-D.M.C. was a hip hop group founded by the late Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell that included Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels. The group had an enormous impact on the development of hip hop through the 1980s and is credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. The three members of Run-D.M.C. grew up in Hollis, Queens, New York, USA.
The band signed a record deal with Profile Records in 1983, and Run’s older brother, Russell “Rush” Simmons, signed Run-D.M.C. to his newly formed management company Rush Productions that same year. On their first major United States tour, the group set new fads by performing dressed in baggy black clothing, Adidas Sneakers (always with shoelaces removed), and Fedora hats.
Their mainstream success continued as the group performed at the famous Live Aid concert in 1985, and their 1986 album ‘’Raising Hell’’ became the highest-selling rap album in history (this record was later broken as rap gained more popularity with artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Eminem), reaching number 3 on the ‘’Billboard magazine’’ album charts and selling over 3 million copies. The album featured the famous cover version of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, a rap-rock collaboration performed with Aerosmith members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The song was the first hip-hop track to make the Top 10 on Billboard’s singles charts.
The band signed a record deal with Profile Records in 1983, and Run’s older brother, Russell “Rush” Simmons, signed Run-D.M.C. to his newly formed management company Rush Productions that same year. On their first major United States tour, the group set new fads by performing dressed in baggy black clothing, Adidas Sneakers (always with shoelaces removed), and Fedora hats.
Their mainstream success continued as the group performed at the famous Live Aid concert in 1985, and their 1986 album ‘’Raising Hell’’ became the highest-selling rap album in history (this record was later broken as rap gained more popularity with artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Eminem), reaching number 3 on the ‘’Billboard magazine’’ album charts and selling over 3 million copies. The album featured the famous cover version of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, a rap-rock collaboration performed with Aerosmith members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The song was the first hip-hop track to make the Top 10 on Billboard’s singles charts.
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last15graam wrote:
RUN DMC 4EVER
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Sentenzia22 wrote:
Walk This Way!!!!!!!!!!!
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ra5y wrote:
Run (RUUN) D M C. [2]
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solar_mc wrote:
"...So when asked who's the best, y'all should say: "Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay"..." Happy B-Day J.M.J :(
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aaronWHAT wrote:
Happy birthday JMJ. I know you're killing it on the ones and twos wherever you are.
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Techn0boy96 wrote:
Dope.
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sloan1989 wrote:
@DenKrash не пизди,у них дохуя достойных треков!!!
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qTeCk wrote:
bounce
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carAnthony wrote:
damn
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podgethebastard wrote:
@lucybix there is loads of good current hip hop, you just have to find it and listen
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KonuTech wrote:
'We're causin' hard times, for sucker MC's Cause they don't make no songs like these' A-WE-SOME music and recently I was like there is nothing but BB
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Dimi96 wrote:
We make a mean team, my Adidas and me!
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DenKrash wrote:
есть пару достойных треков....
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THXmille138 wrote:
Yo, run, my papa was crazy, crazy as can be And my mama said that he left me, when I was three But my mama never told me he was out of his mind Drinkin' wine, all the time, never earnin' a dime
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mattrockrob wrote:
Run (RUUN) D M C.
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THXmille138 wrote:
believe me, hip hop in 1943 was better.
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Lucybix wrote:
current hip hop is so fucking shit. you guys are brilliant ahhhhhh
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PinkyBag wrote:
ОХУЕННЫ!!!!
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hommerzero wrote:
I will paint one of the walls of my home w/ Run-D.M.C. logo...
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-Trail- wrote:
v You obviously don't listen to much rap then.
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