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title="Run-DMC – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Run-DMC" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%DB%8C.%D8%A7%D9%85.%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="ران-دی.ام.سی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ران-دی.ام.سی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run%E2%80%93DMC" title="Run–DMC – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Run–DMC" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_DMC" title="Run DMC – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Run DMC" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%99" title="ראן די אם סי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ראן די אם סי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-DMC" title="Run-DMC – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Run-DMC" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C." title="Run–D.M.C. – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Run–D.M.C." 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data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Run-D.M.C." data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-DMC" title="Run-DMC – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Run-DMC" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C." title="Run-D.M.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Run-D.M.C." 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class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Run-DMC</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Run_DMC_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description" title="From left to right: Joseph "Run" Simmons, Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, Darryl "D.M.C." 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McDaniels</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queens,_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens, New York City">Queens, New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_hip-hop" title="East Coast hip-hop">East Coast hip-hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">rap rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>1983–2002<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>2012–2023<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profile_Records" title="Profile Records">Profile</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">BMG</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Simmons" title="Joseph Simmons">Joseph "Run" Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels" title="Darryl McDaniels">Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay" title="Jam Master Jay">Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rundmc.com">rundmc<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Run-DMC</b> (also formatted <b>Run-D.M.C.</b>, <b>RUN DMC</b>, or some combination thereof) was an American hip-hop group formed in <a href="/wiki/Hollis,_Queens" title="Hollis, Queens">Hollis, Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1983 by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Simmons" title="Joseph Simmons">Joseph Simmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels" title="Darryl McDaniels">Darryl McDaniels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay" title="Jam Master Jay">Jason Mizell</a>. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_culture" title="Hip-hop culture">hip-hop culture</a> and especially one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s. Along with <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff_%26_the_Fresh_Prince" title="DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince">DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a>, the group pioneered <a href="/wiki/New-school_hip-hop" title="New-school hip-hop">new-school hip-hop</a> music and helped usher in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_hip-hop" title="Golden age hip-hop">golden age hip-hop</a>. The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the <a href="/wiki/Rapping#Emcees" title="Rapping">MC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">DJ</a> relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-stone_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stone-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Run-D.M.C._(album)" title="Run-D.M.C. (album)">Run-D.M.C.</a></i> (1984), Run-DMC became the first hip-hop group to achieve a <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Gold</a> record. <i>Run-D.M.C.</i> was followed with the certified Platinum record <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Rock" title="King of Rock">King of Rock</a></i> (1985), making Run-DMC the first hip-hop group to go platinum. <i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Hell_(album)" title="Raising Hell (album)">Raising Hell</a></i> (1986) became the first multi-platinum hip-hop record. Run-DMC's cover of "<a href="/wiki/Walk_This_Way" title="Walk This Way">Walk This Way</a>", featuring the group <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>, charted higher on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> than <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>'s original version, peaking at number four.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became one of the best-known songs in both hip-hop and rock.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Run-DMC was the first hip-hop act to have their music videos broadcast on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, appear on <i><a href="/wiki/American_Bandstand" title="American Bandstand">American Bandstand</a></i>, be on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> perform at <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a>, and be nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Winning_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Run-DMC at number 48 in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-stone_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stone-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, they were named The Greatest Hip-Hop Group of All Time by MTV<sup id="cite_ref-mtv.com_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Greatest Hip-Hop Artist of All Time by <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rock_on_the_Net_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rock_on_the_Net-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Run-DMC became the second hip-hop group (after <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five</a>, 2007) to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the group received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Legaspi-2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legaspi-2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, <i>Raising Hell</i> was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg/250px-Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg/330px-Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg/500px-Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_-_Run_D.M.C._and_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_Jam_Festival_Poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="1015" /></a><figcaption>A poster for a Southern California concert starring the group in 1984</figcaption></figure> <p>The three members of Run-DMC grew up in <a href="/wiki/Hollis,_Queens" title="Hollis, Queens">Hollis, Queens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stone_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stone-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a teenager, Joseph Simmons was recruited into hip-hop by his older brother, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell</a>, who was then an up-and-coming hip-hop promoter. Simmons appeared onstage as a DJ for solo rapper <a href="/wiki/Kurtis_Blow" title="Kurtis Blow">Kurtis Blow</a>, who was managed by Russell. Known as "DJ Run, Son of Kurtis Blow", Simmons soon began performing with Blow.<sup id="cite_ref-oldschoolhiphop_profile_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldschoolhiphop_profile-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, McDaniels had been more focused on athletics than music, but soon began to DJ after purchasing a set of <a href="/wiki/Phonograph" title="Phonograph">turntables</a>. Simmons convinced McDaniels to start rapping, and though McDaniels would not perform in public, he soon began writing rhymes and was known as "Easy D". </p><p>Simmons and McDaniels started hanging around Two-Fifths Park in Hollis in the late 1970s, hoping to rap for the local DJs who performed and competed there; the most popular one known to frequent the park was Jason Mizell, then known as "Jazzy Jase". Mizell was known for his flashy wardrobe and <a href="/wiki/B-boy" class="mw-redirect" title="B-boy">b-boy</a> attitude, which led to minor legal troubles as a teen. Thereafter, he decided to pursue music fame and began entertaining in the park soon after. Eventually, Simmons and McDaniels rapped in front of Mizell at the park, and the three became friends. Following Russell's success managing Kurtis Blow, he helped Run record his first single, a song called "Street Kid". The song went unnoticed, but despite the single's failure, Run's enthusiasm for hip-hop was growing. Simmons soon wanted to record again—-this time with McDaniels, but Russell refused, citing a dislike for D's rhyming style.<sup id="cite_ref-oldschoolhiphop_profile_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldschoolhiphop_profile-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After they graduated from high school and started college in 1982, Simmons and McDaniels finally convinced Russell to let them record as a duo, and they recruited Mizell (who was now known as Jam Master Jay) to be their official DJ. The following year, in 1983, Russell agreed to help them record a new single and land a record deal, but only after he changed McDaniels's stage name to the initials of his favorite car company, <a href="/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company" title="DeLorean Motor Company">DeLorean Motor Company</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="There is reference to this online. It is in conflict with the later stated origins of Darryl MCdaniel and Devastating Mic Controller (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and marketed the group as "Run-D.M.C.", a name that the group hated at first. DMC said later, "We wanted to be the Dynamic Two, the Treacherous Two — when we heard <i>that</i> shit we was like, 'We're gonna be ruined!'"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group's name used Joseph Simmons's DJ name, DJ Run. It was combined with several letters from Darryl McDaniel's name. (DMC can also stand for "Devastating Mic Controller" and in one instance, Darryl rapped in King of Rock "People always ask, 'DMC, what does it mean?' D's for never dirty, MC for mostly clean.")<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10,_1984_Concert_(ticket).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg/250px-Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg/330px-Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg/500px-Nu_Wave_Productions_-_Uncle_Jam%27s_Army_and_Run_D.M.C._August_10%2C_1984_Concert_%28ticket%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="302" /></a><figcaption>A ticket for a 1984 concert in Oakland, California</figcaption></figure> <p>After signing with <a href="/wiki/Profile_Records" title="Profile Records">Profile Records</a>, Run-DMC released their debut single "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Like_That_(Run-D.M.C._song)" title="It's Like That (Run-D.M.C. song)">It's Like That</a>/Sucker MCs" in late 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single was well received, peaking at No. 15 on the R&B charts.<sup id="cite_ref-RS_biography_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS_biography-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trio performed the single on the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Hot_Tracks" title="New York Hot Tracks">New York Hot Tracks</a></i> video show in 1983. Emboldened by their success, Run-DMC released their eponymous debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Run-D.M.C._(album)" title="Run-D.M.C. (album)">Run-D.M.C.</a></i> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hit singles such as "Jam-Master Jay" and "Hard Times" proved that the group were more than a <a href="/wiki/One-hit_wonder" title="One-hit wonder">one-hit wonder</a>, and the landmark single "<a href="/wiki/Rock_Box" title="Rock Box">Rock Box</a>" was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip-hop and <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the <a href="/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">rap rock</a>-subgenre movement of the 1990s. </p><p>Run-DMC's swift ascension to the forefront of rap with a new sound and style meant that <a href="/wiki/Old-school_hip-hop" title="Old-school hip-hop">old-school hip-hop</a> artists were becoming outdated. Along with pushing rap into a new direction musically, Run-DMC changed the entire aesthetic of hip-hop music and culture. Old school rappers like <a href="/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa" title="Afrika Bambaataa">Afrika Bambaataa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melle_Mel" title="Melle Mel">Melle Mel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</a> tended to dress in the flashy attire that was commonly attributed to glam rock and disco acts of the era: tight leather, chest-baring shirts, gloves and hats with rhinestones and spikes, leather boots, etc. Run-DMC discarded the more <a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">glam</a> aspects of early hip-hop fashion (which were later readopted in 1990 by more "pop" rappers like <a href="/wiki/MC_Hammer" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vanilla_Ice" title="Vanilla Ice">Vanilla Ice</a>) and incorporated a more "street" sense of style such as <a href="/wiki/Kangol" title="Kangol">Kangol</a> hats, Cazal glasses, leather jackets, and unlaced <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Winning_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's look had been heavily influenced by Mizell's own personal style. When Russell Simmons saw Jay's flashy, yet street b-boy style; he insisted the entire group follow suit.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Run said later: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>There were guys that wore hats like those and sneakers with no shoestrings. It was a very street thing to wear, extremely rough. They couldn't wear shoelaces in jail and we took it as a fashion statement. The reason they couldn't have shoelaces in jail was that they might hang themselves. That's why DMC says "My Adidas only bring good news and they are not used as felon shoes."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>That embrace of the look and style of the street would define the next 25 years of hip-hop fashion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_of_Rock,_Raising_Hell_and_mainstream_success"><span id="King_of_Rock.2C_Raising_Hell_and_mainstream_success"></span><i>King of Rock</i>, <i>Raising Hell</i> and mainstream success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: King of Rock, Raising Hell and mainstream success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the success of their first album, Run-DMC looked to branch out on their follow-up. The release of <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Rock" title="King of Rock">King of Rock</a></i> in 1985 saw the group furthering their rap rock fusion on songs like "Can You Rock It Like This" and <a href="/wiki/King_of_Rock_(song)" title="King of Rock (song)">the title track</a>; while "Roots, Rap, Reggae" was one of the first rap/dancehall hybrids. The music video for the single "Rock Box" was the first ever hip-hop music video to be broadcast on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> and received heavy rotation from the channel. The song was the group's most popular hit at that point and the album was <a href="/wiki/Platinum_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Platinum certification">certified platinum</a>. Run-DMC performed at the legendary <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> benefit shortly after <i>Rock Box</i> was released. </p><p>In late-1985, Run-DMC were featured in the hip-hop film <i><a href="/wiki/Krush_Groove" title="Krush Groove">Krush Groove</a></i>, a fictionalized retelling of <a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' rise as a hip-hop entrepreneur and his struggles to get his own label, <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a>, off the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film featured a young <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> as Russell, along with appearances by old-school legend <a href="/wiki/Kurtis_Blow" title="Kurtis Blow">Kurtis Blow</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fat_Boys" title="The Fat Boys">the Fat Boys</a>, teen pop act <a href="/wiki/New_Edition" title="New Edition">New Edition</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> protegee <a href="/wiki/Sheila_E." title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a>, and hip-hop's first successful <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a> rap group, the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>, who were signed to Simmons' Def Jam label. The film was a hit in cinemas and was further proof of hip-hop's continued mainstream visibility. </p><p>Returning to the studio in 1986, the group teamed with producer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rubin" title="Rick Rubin">Rick Rubin</a> for their third album. Rubin had just produced LL Cool J's debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_(LL_Cool_J_album)" title="Radio (LL Cool J album)">Radio</a></i>. They later released their third album, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Hell_(album)" title="Raising Hell (album)">Raising Hell</a></i>, which became the group's most successful album and one of the best-selling rap albums of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was certified double-platinum and peaked at number three on the charts. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg/250px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg/330px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg/440px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_My_Adidas-Peter_Piper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>12" single cover for the group's single "My Adidas"</figcaption></figure> <p>They were almost done with the album, but Rubin thought that it needed an element that would appeal to rock fans as well. This spurred the lead single "<a href="/wiki/Walk_This_Way#Run-DMC/Aerosmith_version" title="Walk This Way">Walk This Way</a>", a collaboration with the group <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>, who years earlier had done their original version of the classic <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> song on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_(album)" title="Toys in the Attic (album)">Toys in the Attic</a></i>. The original intention was to just rap over a sample of the song, but Rubin and Jay insisted on doing a complete <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover version</a>. Members of the group Aerosmith (including <a href="/wiki/Steven_Tyler" title="Steven Tyler">Steven Tyler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(musician)" title="Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry</a>) were called to join Run-DMC in the studio to add their vocals and guitars.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song and video became one of the biggest hits of the 1980s, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100, and cemented Run-DMC's crossover status. It also resurrected Aerosmith's career.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single "<a href="/wiki/My_Adidas" title="My Adidas">My Adidas</a>" led to the group signing a $1,600,000 endorsement deal with athletic apparel brand Adidas. Adidas formed a long-term relationship with Run-DMC and hip-hop.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has been described as the "beginning of what we have come to know as <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_fashion" title="Hip-hop fashion">hip-hop fashion</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success of <i>Raising Hell</i> is often credited with kick-starting <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_hip-hop" title="Golden age hip-hop">hip-hop's golden age</a>, when rap music's visibility, variety, and commercial viability exploded onto the national stage and became a global phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their success paved the way for acts like LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. The group toured in the wake of the album's success, but the Raising Hell Tour was marred by violence, particularly fights between rival street gangs in places like Los Angeles. Though Run-DMC's lyrics had been angry, confrontational and aggressive, they typically denounced crime and ignorance, but the media began to blame the group for the incidents. In the wake of the violence, Run-DMC would call for a day of peace between the gangs in Los Angeles. In 1987, following on from the Raising Hell Tour, Run-DMC embarked on the Together Forever Tour with the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tougher_Than_Leather,_changing_times"><span id="Tougher_Than_Leather.2C_changing_times"></span><i>Tougher Than Leather</i>, changing times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tougher Than Leather, changing times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After spending 1987 on tour supporting <i>Raising Hell</i>, Run-DMC released <i><a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_Leather" title="Tougher Than Leather">Tougher Than Leather</a></i> in 1988. The album saw the group discarding much of their rap rock leanings for a grittier, more <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">sample</a>-heavy sound. Despite not selling as well as its predecessor, the album boasted several strong singles, including: "<a href="/wiki/Run%27s_House_(song)" title="Run's House (song)">Run's House</a>", "Beats to the Rhyme", and "Mary Mary". Though at the time considered a disappointing follow-up to the blockbuster <i>Raising Hell</i>, the album has grown in stature. In the 2000 liner notes for the album's re-release, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_D." class="mw-redirect" title="Chuck D.">Chuck D.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Enemy (group)">Public Enemy</a> would call the album "...a spectacular performance against all odds and expectations".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in 1988, the group made their second film appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_Leather_(film)" title="Tougher Than Leather (film)">Tougher Than Leather</a></i>, a would-be crime caper that was directed by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rubin" title="Rick Rubin">Rick Rubin</a> and featured special guest performances by the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slick_Rick" title="Slick Rick">Slick Rick</a>. The film bombed at the box office, but strengthened the indirect relationship between Run-DMC and the Def Jam label which led to the common misconception that the group was signed to the label. They <i>were</i>, however, <i>managed</i> by Russell Simmons, produced by Rick Rubin (who founded Def Jam, along with Simmons), and often shared <a href="/wiki/Concert_tour" title="Concert tour">concert tour</a> spotlight with acts on the label's roster. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_(test_pressing_single)_(Side_A).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/250px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/330px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/500px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Faces-Back_From_Hell_%28test_pressing_single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="1078" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/White_label_record" title="White label record">test pressing</a> release for the single <a href="/wiki/Faces_(Run-D.M.C._song)" title="Faces (Run-D.M.C. song)">"Faces"</a> from the album <i>Back from Hell</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Amidst the changing times and sliding sales, Run-DMC released <i><a href="/wiki/Back_from_Hell" title="Back from Hell">Back from Hell</a></i> in 1990. The album was the worst-reviewed of their career, as the group tried to re-create itself musically with ill-advised forays into <a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">new jack swing</a> (a then-popular style of production that sonically merged hip-hop and <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">contemporary R&B</a>) and sometimes-preachy lyrical content. The two singles released, the anti-drug, anti-crime song "<a href="/wiki/Pause_(Run-D.M.C._song)" title="Pause (Run-D.M.C. song)">Pause</a>" and street narrative "The Ave", had little success, and the group began to look outdated. Reeling from their first taste of failure, personal problems began to surface for the trio. McDaniels, who had been a heavy drinker in recent years, was losing control to alcoholism. Jay was involved in a life-threatening car accident and survived two gunshot wounds after an incident in 1990. In 1991, Simmons was charged with raping a college student in Ohio, though the charges were later dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With so much personal chaos and professional uncertainty, the members turned to faith to try to steady their lives. Both Simmons and McDaniels joined the church, with Run becoming especially devoted following his legal troubles and the toll it took on his finances.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a three-year hiatus that seemingly saw rap music move on without them, the rejuvenated Run-DMC returned in 1993 with <i><a href="/wiki/Down_with_the_King_(album)" title="Down with the King (album)">Down with the King</a></i>. Building on the gritty sound of <i>Tougher Than Leather</i>, and adding some subtle religious references, the album featured guest appearances and production by several hip-hop notables (including <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rock_%26_CL_Smooth" title="Pete Rock & CL Smooth">Pete Rock & CL Smooth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Q-Tip_(musician)" title="Q-Tip (musician)">Q-Tip</a> of <a href="/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest" title="A Tribe Called Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a>). Buoyed by the title track and first single, the album entered the charts at No. 1 and No. 7 on the pop charts.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even though the album went platinum, the song proved to be their last hit. <a href="/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay" title="Jam Master Jay">Jam Master Jay</a> also found success on his own; he had founded his own label <a href="/wiki/JMJ_Records" title="JMJ Records">JMJ Records</a>, and discovered and produced the group <a href="/wiki/Onyx_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Onyx (group)">Onyx</a>, which had tremendous success in 1993 following the release of their hit single, "Slam". Later that same year, Run became an ordained minister, and in 1995 the iconic group appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Show_(1995_film)" title="The Show (1995 film)">The Show</a></i>, a Def Jam-produced documentary that featured several of hip-hop's biggest acts discussing the lifestyle and sacrifices of the industry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years,_Mizell's_murder_and_breakup"><span id="Later_years.2C_Mizell.27s_murder_and_breakup"></span>Later years, Mizell's murder and breakup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later years, Mizell's murder and breakup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the next few years, the group did very little recording. Mizell produced and mentored up and coming artists, including <a href="/wiki/Onyx_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Onyx (group)">Onyx</a> and <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a>, whom he eventually signed to the JMJ label. Simmons got divorced, remarried, and began to focus on his spiritual and philanthropic endeavors by becoming a reverend. He also wrote a book alongside his brother Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-Winning_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDaniels, also married, made an appearance on the <a href="/wiki/Notorious_B.I.G." class="mw-redirect" title="Notorious B.I.G.">Notorious B.I.G.</a>'s 1997 double-album <i><a href="/wiki/Life_After_Death" title="Life After Death">Life After Death</a></i>, and focused on raising his family. </p><p>Though the group continued to tour around the world, over a decade of living a rap superstar lifestyle was beginning to take a toll on McDaniels. He was beginning to tire of Run-DMC, and there was increased friction between him and Simmons, who was eager to return to recording (Simmons had at this time adopted the moniker <b>Rev Run</b> in light of his religious conversion). While on tour in Europe in 1997, McDaniels' ongoing battle with substance abuse led to a bout of severe depression, which spurred an addiction to prescription drugs. McDaniels' depression continued for years, so much so that he contemplated suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, producer and <a href="/wiki/Remixer" class="mw-redirect" title="Remixer">remixer</a> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Nevins" title="Jason Nevins">Jason Nevins</a> remixed "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Tricky" title="It's Tricky">It's Tricky</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_like_That_(Run-D.M.C._song)" class="mw-redirect" title="It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)">It's Like That</a>". Nevins' remix of "It's Like That" hit number 1 in the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other European countries. A video was made for "It's Like That", although no new footage of Run-DMC appeared in it. In 1999, Run-DMC recorded the theme song for <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWF</a> wrestling stable <a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> entitled "The Kings", which appeared on the <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Aggression" title="WWF Aggression">WWF Aggression</a></i> album. They also made an appearance in a rare version of the music video "<a href="/wiki/Bodyrock_(song)" title="Bodyrock (song)">Bodyrock</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Moby" title="Moby">Moby</a>. </p><p>Soon after, the group finally returned to the studio, but in an increasingly tense environment, as Simmons and McDaniels' differences had begun to show. In the wake of the exploding popularity of rap-rock artists like <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limp_Bizkit" title="Limp Bizkit">Limp Bizkit</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>, Simmons wanted to return to the aggressive, hard rock-tinged sound that made the group famous. McDaniels – who had become a fan of thoughtful singer-songwriters like <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Chapin" title="Harry Chapin">Harry Chapin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan" title="Sarah McLachlan">Sarah McLachlan</a> – wanted to go in a more introspective direction. Appearing on <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>'s documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Music" title="Behind the Music">Behind the Music</a></i> in early 2000, McDaniels confirmed that he was creatively frustrated and highlighted some songs that he was recording on his own. The continued friction led to McDaniels sitting out most of the group's recording sessions in protest.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_(single)_(Side_A).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/220px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/330px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg/440px-Run%E2%80%93D.M.C._-_Crown_Royal-Queens_Day_%28single%29_%28Side_A%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="602" /></a><figcaption>A single from Run-DMC's final album <i>Crown Royal</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Simmons, in defiance, recorded material anyway, inviting several guest stars such as Kid Rock, Jermaine Dupri, Adrian Burley, Tony Fredianelli and Stephan Jenkins of <a href="/wiki/Third_Eye_Blind" title="Third Eye Blind">Third Eye Blind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Method_Man" title="Method Man">Method Man</a>, and fellow Queens MCs <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(rapper)" title="Prodigy (rapper)">Prodigy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mobb_Deep" title="Mobb Deep">Mobb Deep</a> to contribute to the project. The resulting album, <i><a href="/wiki/Crown_Royal_(album)" title="Crown Royal (album)">Crown Royal</a></i>, was delayed due to the personal problems, and when it was finally released in 2001, it featured only three appearances by DMC. Despite no major singles, the album initially sold well. However, many critics<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (December 2017)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> blasted the lack of DMC's involvement. Some positive reviews were published: <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> noted that "on this hip hop roast, new schoolers Nas and <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a> pay their respects with sparkling grooves...Run's rhymes are still limber."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <i>Crown Royal</i>, the group embarked on a worldwide tour with their "Walk This Way" compatriots, <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>. The tour was a rousing success, celebrating the collaboration between the two acts and acknowledging the innumerable rap and rock acts that had been influenced by their seminal hit 15 years prior.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Even though he had little to do with the album, McDaniels was relishing the stage; he had been suffering from an inoperable vocal disorder that had rendered his once-booming voice a strained mumble. Performing allowed McDaniels to come out of his depression and he appeared revitalized on the tour. There was even talk of Run-DMC finally signing with Def Jam, which by then was no longer held by its original founders.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Simmons, however, had been growing increasingly tired of hip-hop. His family was growing, and he was assisting with his brother Russell's <a href="/wiki/Phat_Farm" title="Phat Farm">Phat Farm</a> clothing imprint,(cap) making Run-DMC less of a priority. Despite the success of the tour and Aerosmith consequently discussing adding additional dates, Simmons abruptly announced that he was quitting.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Murder">Murder</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Murder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 30, 2002, Mizell was shot and killed at his recording studio in Queens.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn3_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn3-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fans and friends set up a memorial outside the studio with Adidas sneakers, albums, and flowers. In the aftermath, Simmons and McDaniels announced the official disbanding of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mizell's murder remained unsolved until August 2020, with the arrest of Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Washington and Jordan Jr. would later be convicted for the murder in February 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third suspect, Jay Bryant, was charged in May 2023, but later arranged to have a trial which would be separate from Washington and Jordan Jr. The accusation of Bryant being the murderer is consistent with the testimony of a neutral witness Yarrah Concepcion. Concepcion testified about a fight before the shot and a hat with the DNA of Bryant was found next to Mizells body.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-breakup">Post-breakup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-breakup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, Run-DMC was one of the first acts honored on the first annual <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> <a href="/wiki/Hip_Hop_Honors" title="Hip Hop Honors">Hip Hop Honors</a>, alongside legends like <a href="/wiki/2Pac" class="mw-redirect" title="2Pac">2Pac</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang" title="The Sugarhill Gang">the Sugarhill Gang</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a> paid tribute. Simmons did not attend the show; he was recording his first solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Distortion_(Joseph_Simmons_album)" title="Distortion (Joseph Simmons album)">Distortion</a></i>. McDaniels also released a solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Checks_Thugs_and_Rock_n_Roll" title="Checks Thugs and Rock n Roll">Checks Thugs and Rock n Roll</a></i>. He had recently discovered that he was adopted, which led him to be the center of the VH1 program <i>My Adoption Journey</i>, a documentary chronicling his re-connection with his biological family. McDaniels was also featured in the 2008 video game, <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero:_Aerosmith" title="Guitar Hero: Aerosmith">Guitar Hero: Aerosmith</a></i>, making appearances in the songs "Walk this Way" and "King of Rock". He frequently contributed to VH1 programs such as the <i>I Love The...</i> series, and he released the song "Rock Show" featuring singer <a href="/wiki/Stephan_Jenkins" title="Stephan Jenkins">Stephan Jenkins</a>. Simmons also turned to television, starring in <i><a href="/wiki/Run%27s_House" title="Run's House">Run's House</a></i>, a reality show that followed his life as a father and husband. </p><p>In June 2007, McDaniels appeared with Aerosmith performing "Walk This Way" for their encore at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London. Simmons joined <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>'s 2008 Rock N Roll Revival Tour, performing "It's Like That", "It's Tricky", "You Be Illin'", "Run's House", "Here We Go", "King of Rock" and "Walk This Way" with Kid Rock. They also covered "For What It's Worth" at the end of the show. In 2007, Mizell's wife, Terry, Simmons, and McDaniels also launched the J.A.M. Awards in Jay's memory. Jay's vision for social <b>J</b>ustice, <b>A</b>rts and <b>M</b>usic was promoted by many recording artists, including <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raekwon" title="Raekwon">Raekwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones_(rapper)" title="Jim Jones (rapper)">Jim Jones</a>, M.O.P., <a href="/wiki/Papoose_(rapper)" title="Papoose (rapper)">Papoose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everlast_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Everlast (musician)">Everlast</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Muggs" title="DJ Muggs">DJ Muggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kid_Capri" title="Kid Capri">Kid Capri</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_La_Soul" title="De La Soul">De La Soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mobb_Deep" title="Mobb Deep">Mobb Deep</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPMD" title="EPMD">EPMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dead_Prez" title="Dead Prez">Dead Prez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biz_Markie" title="Biz Markie">Biz Markie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marley_Marl" title="Marley Marl">Marley Marl</a>. In October 2008, Mizell's one-time protege <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a> announced plans to produce a documentary about his fallen mentor.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008 Run-DMC was nominated for 2009 induction into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>On January 14, 2009, it was confirmed that Run-DMC would be one of the five inductees to the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 3, 2009, Run-DMC became the second rap act to be awarded the honor (after <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</a>, who were inducted in 2007).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group reunited at Jay-Z's Made in America Festival in September 2012. Simmons and McDaniels then reunited again for <a href="/wiki/Fun_Fun_Fun_Fest" title="Fun Fun Fun Fest">Fun Fun Fun Fest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> in November 2012, and again in June 2013 and August 2014 for summer concerts in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the success of <i><a href="/wiki/Notorious_(2009_film)" title="Notorious (2009 film)">Notorious</a></i>, it was announced in 2009 that a Run-DMC biographical film was in the works, with the screenplay by <i>Notorious</i> writer <a href="/wiki/Cheo_Hodari_Coker" title="Cheo Hodari Coker">Cheo Hodari Coker</a>. The film was rumored to depict the life and story of the group beginning from their inception in Hollis, Queens, and leading up to the 2002 murder of <a href="/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay" title="Jam Master Jay">Jam Master Jay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the project never went into production. </p><p>In September 2021, McDaniels was signed to <a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a> to perform the music for the NOGGIN SVOD series <i>What's The Word?</i> a 15-episodes series which featured an animated version replica of McDaniels teaching children reading and vocabulary skills. The soundtrack for the short-form program was released on January 13, 2022. At the same time, Nickelodeon collaborated with McDaniels for a consumer products line deal. On January 4, 2022, McDaniels published his first children's book called <i>Daryl's Dream</i> and since then, all of McDaniels’ preschool content portfolio was compiled into an Amazon.com page titled "Young DMC" which is a wordplay on the name of the former hip-hop trio. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Run-DMC" title="Special:EditPage/Run-DMC">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Run-DMC%22">"Run-DMC"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Run-DMC%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Run-DMC%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Run-DMC%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Run-DMC%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Run-DMC%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine" title="Stephen Thomas Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine</a>, editor of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>, has written: "More than any other hip hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of [hip-hop] music."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Musically, they moved hip-hop and rap music away from the funk and disco-oriented sound of its beginnings, into an altogether new and unique sonic imprint. Their sound is directly responsible for intentionally transforming rap music from dance-and club-oriented funk grooves like "<a href="/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight" title="Rapper's Delight">Rapper's Delight</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Breaks_(song)" title="The Breaks (song)">The Breaks</a>" to an aggressive, less-danceable approach. Characterized by sparse, hard-hitting beats—as typified on hits like "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_like_That_(Run-D.M.C._song)" class="mw-redirect" title="It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)">It's Like That</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Peter_Piper_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Piper (song)">Peter Piper</a>"—this would form the foundation of <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_hip-hop" title="Hardcore hip-hop">hardcore hip-hop</a> (particularly hardcore <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_hip-hop" title="East Coast hip-hop">East Coast hip-hop</a>). As such, Run-DMC is considered the originators of the style, and hardcore hip-hop would dominate the next two decades of rap music, from the bombastic, noisy sound of Public Enemy and stripped minimalism of <a href="/wiki/Boogie_Down_Productions" title="Boogie Down Productions">Boogie Down Productions</a> to the thump of early <a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>. Their influence was not limited to the East Coast, however. Los Angeles' <a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a>, on their landmark 1989 album <i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton" title="Straight Outta Compton">Straight Outta Compton</a></i>, showed heavy influences from <i><a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_Leather" title="Tougher Than Leather">Tougher Than Leather</a></i>-era Run-DMC, and <a href="/wiki/Chicano" title="Chicano">Chicano</a> rap act <a href="/wiki/Cypress_Hill" title="Cypress Hill">Cypress Hill</a> were definitely influenced by Run-DMC's fusion of rap and rock. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">Rap rock</a> fusion proved to be influential among rock artists, with 1980s bands like <a href="/wiki/Faith_No_More" title="Faith No More">Faith No More</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> adding elements of rap to <a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>. Most notably, the rap rock genre became popular in the late 1990s, with bands like <a href="/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine" title="Rage Against the Machine">Rage Against the Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/KoRn" class="mw-redirect" title="KoRn">KoRn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limp_Bizkit" title="Limp Bizkit">Limp Bizkit</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linkin_Park" title="Linkin Park">Linkin Park</a>. Aesthetically, they changed the way rappers presented themselves. Onstage, <a href="/wiki/Old-school_hip-hop" title="Old-school hip-hop">old school</a> rappers had previously performed in flashy attire and colorful costumes, typically had a live band and, in the case of acts like <a href="/wiki/Whodini" title="Whodini">Whodini</a>, had background dancers. Run-DMC performed with only Run and DMC out front, and Jam-Master Jay on the turntables behind them, in what is now considered the classic hip-hop stage setup: two turntables and microphones. They embraced the look and style of the street by wearing jeans, lace-less <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> sneakers, and their trademark black <a href="/wiki/Fedora" title="Fedora">fedoras</a>. The group shunned both the over-the-top wardrobe of previous rap stars like <a href="/wiki/The_Furious_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="The Furious Five">the Furious Five</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa" title="Afrika Bambaataa">Afrika Bambaataa</a>, <i>and</i> the silk-shirted, <a href="/wiki/Jheri_curl" title="Jheri curl">jheri curled</a>, ladies' man look of rappers like <a href="/wiki/Kurtis_Blow" title="Kurtis Blow">Kurtis Blow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spoonie_Gee" title="Spoonie Gee">Spoonie Gee</a>. Followers of their style included LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys; seemingly overnight, rappers were wearing jeans and sneakers instead of rhinestones and leather outfits. From Adidas <a href="/wiki/Tracksuit" title="Tracksuit">tracksuits</a> and rope chains to baggy jeans and <a href="/wiki/The_Timberland_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Timberland Company">Timberland</a> footwear, hip-hop's look remained married to the styles of the street. According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll</i>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Run-D.M.C. took hardcore hip-hop from an underground street sensation to a pop-culture phenomenon. Although earlier artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash" title="Grandmaster Flash">Grandmaster Flash</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang" title="The Sugarhill Gang">The Sugarhill Gang</a>, made rap's initial strides on the airwaves, it was Run-D.M.C. that introduced hats, gold chains, and untied sneakers to youth culture's most stubborn demographic group: young white male suburban rock fans. In the process, the trio helped change the course of popular music, paving the way for rap's second generation.<sup id="cite_ref-RS_biography_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS_biography-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked them number 48 in their list of the "<a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_100_Greatest_Artists_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time">100 Greatest Artists of All Time</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-stone_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stone-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Run-DMC was named "The Greatest Hip-Hop Group of All Time" by MTV.com and "Greatest Hip-Hop Artist of All Time" by <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rock_on_the_Net_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rock_on_the_Net-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mtv.com_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Run-DMC became the second hip-hop group to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Run-DMC received the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Legaspi-2016_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legaspi-2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, the group achieved a number of notable firsts in hip-hop music and are credited with being the act most responsible for pushing hip-hop into mainstream popular music, initiating its musical and artistic evolution and enabling its growth as a global phenomenon. Run-DMC is the first rap act to have reached a number of major accomplishments:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg/220px-Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg/330px-Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg/440px-Adidas_Run_DMC_shoe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Adidas sneakers with the Run-DMC logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>A No. 1 R&B charting hip-hop album</li> <li>The second hip-hop act to appear on <i><a href="/wiki/American_Bandstand" title="American Bandstand">American Bandstand</a></i> (the Sugar Hill Gang appeared first on the program in 1981)</li> <li>The first hip-hop act to chart in the Top 40 of the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> more than once</li> <li>The first hip-hop artist with a Top 10 pop charting rap album</li> <li>One of the first hip-hop artists with <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum</a> albums</li> <li>The first hip-hop act to appear on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine</li> <li>One of the first hip-hop acts to receive a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> nomination</li> <li>The first hip-hop act to make a video appearance on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a></li> <li>The first hip-hop act to perform at a major arena</li> <li>Signed to a major product endorsement deal (<a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>)</li> <li>The second hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the first being <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</a>)</li></ul> <p>However, the's group legacy of being staunchly anti-drug, which included participating in an anti-drug <a href="/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcement</a>, holding anti-drug shows, and even including an anti-drug message in their song "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Tricky" title="It's Tricky">It's Tricky</a>", would be called into question during the lead up to the trial of Jam Master Jay's suspected killers Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, with prosecutors revealing that Jam Master Jay himself would secretly become a high-kilo cocaine dealer in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-messageofsorts_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-messageofsorts-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also revealed that his murder was connected to these dealings.<sup id="cite_ref-messageofsorts_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-messageofsorts-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his family still maintained that he didn't use drugs and the business was used to pay his expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-messageofsorts_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-messageofsorts-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band's song "<a href="/wiki/My_Adidas" title="My Adidas">My Adidas</a>" was also featured in the soundtrack of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Air_(2023_American_film)" title="Air (2023 American film)">Air</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Run-DMC_discography" title="Run-DMC discography">Run-DMC discography</a></div> <p><b>Studio albums</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Run-D.M.C._(album)" title="Run-D.M.C. (album)">Run-D.M.C.</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Rock" title="King of Rock">King of Rock</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Hell_(album)" title="Raising Hell (album)">Raising Hell</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_Leather" title="Tougher Than Leather">Tougher Than Leather</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Back_from_Hell" title="Back from Hell">Back from Hell</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Down_with_the_King_(album)" title="Down with the King (album)">Down with the King</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crown_Royal_(album)" title="Crown Royal (album)">Crown Royal</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Krush_Groove" title="Krush Groove">Krush Groove</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Fun_in_the_Big_Town" title="Big Fun in the Big Town">Big Fun in the Big Town</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tougher_Than_Leather_(film)" title="Tougher Than Leather (film)">Tougher Than Leather</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_the_Man%3F" title="Who's the Man?">Who's the Man?</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lip_Sync_Battle" title="Lip Sync Battle">Lip Sync Battle</a></i> (2015) – Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt" title="Joseph Gordon-Levitt">Joseph Gordon-Levitt</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mackie" title="Anthony Mackie">Anthony Mackie</a>"</li></ul> <p><b>Music videos</b> </p> <ul><li><i>Rock Box</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>King of Rock</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>You Talk Too Much</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>It's Tricky</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>My Adidas</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Proud to Be Black</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Walk This Way</i> (feat. <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>) (1986)</li> <li><i>Mary, Mary</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Beats to the Rhyme</i> (live) (1988)</li> <li><i>Christmas in Hollis</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Run's House</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Pause</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Ghostbusters</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>The Ave.</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>What's It All About</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Faces</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Christmas Is</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Down with the King</i> (feat. <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rock_%26_CL_Smooth" title="Pete Rock & CL Smooth">Pete Rock & CL Smooth</a>) (1993)</li> <li><i>Ooh, What'cha Gonna Do</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Praise My DJ's</i> (feat. <a href="/wiki/Justine_Simmons" class="mw-redirect" title="Justine Simmons">Justine Simmons</a>) (1999)</li> <li><i>The Kings [D-Generation X]</i> (2000)</li> <li><i>Let's Stay Together (Together Forever)</i> (feat. <a href="/wiki/Jagged_Edge_(American_group)" title="Jagged Edge (American group)">Jagged Edge</a>) 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Philadelphia: Running Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7624-2042-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7624-2042-1">0-7624-2042-1</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAdler1987" class="citation book cs1">Adler, Bill (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tougherthanleath00losa"><i>Tougher Than Leather: The Authorized Biography of Run-DMC</i></a>. New American Library. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0965653560" title="Special:BookSources/0965653560"><bdi>0965653560</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tougher+Than+Leather%3A+The+Authorized+Biography+of+Run-DMC&rft.pub=New+American+Library&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0965653560&rft.aulast=Adler&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftougherthanleath00losa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARun-DMC" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Brown, Terrell, <i>Reverend Run (Run-DMC)</i>, Mason Crest Publishers, 2008.</li> <li>Joseph Simmons, Daryl McDaniels and Amy Linden, <i>Niggas with Beatitude</i>, Transition, 1993</li> <li>McDaniels, Darryl (with Haring, Bruce), <i>King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with Run-DMC</i>, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2001.</li> <li>Reverend Run, The (with Taylor, Curtis L.), <i>It's Like That: A Spiritual Memoir</i>, St. Martin's Press, 2000.</li> <li>Ro, Ronin, <i>Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay</i>, Amistad, 2005.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFThigpen2003" class="citation book cs1">Thigpen, David E. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jammasterjayhear00thig"><i>Jam Master Jay: The Heart of Hip-Hop</i></a>. Pocket Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0743476948" title="Special:BookSources/0743476948"><bdi>0743476948</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jam+Master+Jay%3A+The+Heart+of+Hip-Hop&rft.pub=Pocket+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0743476948&rft.aulast=Thigpen&rft.aufirst=David+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjammasterjayhear00thig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARun-DMC" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Run-DMC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/60px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Run%E2%80%93D.M.C." class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Run–D.M.C.">Run–D.M.C.</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rundmc.com/">Official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1505820/">Run-DMC</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/Run-DMC">Run-DMC</a> discography at <a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz0002tr0j">Image of Run-DMC's Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." 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class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Simmons Music Group">Russell Simmons Music Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diggy_Simmons" title="Diggy Simmons">Diggy</a></li> <li>Together Forever Tour</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizell_Brothers" title="Mizell Brothers">Mizell Brothers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_–_Class_of_2009130" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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J. Fontana">D. J. Fontana</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Spooner_Oldham" title="Spooner Oldham">Spooner Oldham</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Yo!_MTV_Raps59" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Yo!_MTV_Raps" title="Template:Yo! 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MTV Raps</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dr%C3%A9" title="Doctor Dré">Doctor Dré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lover" title="Ed Lover">Ed Lover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fab_Five_Freddy" title="Fab Five Freddy">Fab Five Freddy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Run–D.M.C.</a> (pilot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DJ_Mark_the_45_King" class="mw-redirect" title="DJ Mark the 45 King">"The 900 Number"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Demme" title="Ted Demme">Ted Demme</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_the_Man%3F" title="Who's the Man?">Who's the Man?</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Significant videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shinehead" title="Shinehead">"Chain Gang"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follow_the_Leader_(Eric_B._%26_Rakim_song)" title="Follow the Leader (Eric B. & Rakim song)">"Follow the Leader"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Rollers_(song)" title="High Rollers (song)">"High Rollers"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159351#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata1776" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159351#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata1776" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159351#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000121576947">ISNI</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/130767938">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QQPVp7WRByDDykmKpTRmP6g">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/5298937-9">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Run-D.M.C. 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