The Hip-hop community has in the past couple of years been struck by the drug overdose tragedy. The problem has largely been blamed on addiction and poor mental health. During a recent interview with HipHopDX, Run-DMC legend DMC encouraged young rappers to address the issue in their music and other platforms while referencing overdose victims

When did ‘Walk This Way’ go platinum? It went platinum on May 23, 2019. When Run-DMC busted through the wall in the video for “Walk This Way” featuring Aerosmith, it represented hip-hop kicking down barriers between it and rock as well as other popular music. The song went platinum in 2019, originally released in July

Penn and Teller starred in Run DMC’s music video for “It’s Tricky” Run DMC‘s music video for “It’s Tricky”, the fourth single off their 1986 third studio album ‘Raising Hell’, featured a cameo from famous magicians Penn and Teller. The single was released via Profile Records and you can see Penn and Teller, who are

On December 9th, during the 1984 Swatch Watch New York City Fresh Festival Tour that brought hip-hop to arenas and coliseums nationwide, Run DMC became the first rap group to perform in an Arena. The group performed at The Oakland Coliseum Arena The tour was hosted by Kurtis Blow, who is the first rapper to

Jam Master Jay’s conspirators have been charged While at a recording studio, Run-DMC’s own Jam Master Jay was gunned downed in Jamaica Queens of New York, at the age of 37. It’s been 18 years since he was fatally shot, but it looks like justice is coming, as two men (Karl Jordan Jr and Ronald

Run-D.M.C. has been the first rap group for a lot of things and on February 15, 2016, they became the first rap group to win a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award during the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Though their third studio album Raising Hell was nominated Grammy in 1986 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or

Run-D.M.C. helped The Beastie Boys write the third single from their debut album, 1986’s, “Paul Revere.” As listed in Licensed to Ill‘s liner notes, “Paul Revere” was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels and Rick Rubin. Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys produced the song together. The single “Paul Revere” peaked at No. 34

After sporting Adidas for years and the release of their third album Raising Hell in 1986 which included My Adidas, Run-D.M.C. became the first rappers to sign an endorsement deal with a major company, Adidas. Russell Simmons and Run-D.M.C.’s road manager at the time, Lyor Cohen invited adidas executive Angelo Anastasio to come watch Run-DMC

MTV (Music Television Network) launched on August 1, 1981. Blondie‘s music video for Rapture—which released that same year—was the 48th video aired on MTV’s launch day and Rapture became the first music video with a rap aired on MTV. In the music video for Rapture, you see Blondie’s frontwoman Debbie Harry walking through the city

Run-D.M.C.’s second studio album “King of Rock” was released in January 21, 1985 by Profile Records. King of Rock was produced by Russell Simmons and Larry Smith, peaking at No. 52 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and No. 12 on Top Hip-Hop/R&B chart. Two and a half years after CD’s (compact discs) first became commercially available in stores

Run-D.M.C. (Released March 27, 1984), the debut album from Run-D.M.C. was the first Hip-Hop album to go Gold. The album produced by Russell Simmons and Larry Smith, was released by Profile Records. Run-D.M.C. peaked at No. 53 on the US Billboard 200 Chart, and No. 14 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. Run-D.M.C. was reissued by Arista