When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Getty Images It was the first hip-hop single to reach the top ...
As the story goes, one day nearly 40 years ago, a precocious 22-year-old New York record producer named Rick Rubin heard one of his bands, the hip-hop trio Run-D.M.C., messing with a catchy riff on a ...
Tufts alumnus Geoff Edgers (LA ’92) came to Varis Lecture Hall this Wednesday to discuss his new book, "Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith and the Song that Changed American Music Forever" (2019). He ...
Rapper Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels recalled why Run-D.M.C. didn’t want to collaborate with Aerosmith on the 1986 hit crossover single “Walk This Way,” saying his band was convinced it would flop. The ...
It’s been over 40 years since the pioneering hip hop group Run-DMC formed in Hollis, Queens, but Darryl “DMC” McDaniels insists, “I remember everything like it was yesterday.” He appeared at ...
Born in the 1970s, hip-hop music was built largely on the beat breaks in disco songs. Some of the earliest hits in the genre sampled those dancey tracks, including “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill ...
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This is a collaborative playlist. Email us at [email protected] and tell us what songs we missed and why. Hip-hop has permeated nearly every facet of popular culture since its inception 50 years ...