Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C. stripped rap down to booming drum machines and hard rhymes, traded disco suits for Adidas and became hip-hop's first mainstream superstars. Their 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith on 'Walk This Way' broke rap onto MTV and rock radio.
Origin: Hollis, Queens, New York, USA · Years active: 1981–2002
Biography
Run-D.M.C. stripped rap down to booming drum machines and hard rhymes, traded disco suits for Adidas and became hip-hop's first mainstream superstars. Their 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith on 'Walk This Way' broke rap onto MTV and rock radio.
Key 1980s albums
- Run-D.M.C. (1984)
- King of Rock (1985)
- Raising Hell (1986)
- Tougher Than Leather (1988)
Essential songs
- Walk This Way (1986)
- It's Tricky (1987)
- My Adidas (1986)
- Rock Box (1984)
- King of Rock (1985)
Genres
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