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April 5, 2009

Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Wild Induction Ceremony

Eminem, Jimmy Page, Flea help honor the 2009 class in Cleveland
January 14, 2009

Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2009
April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 48) Run-DMC

By Chuck D
December 4, 1986

COVER Beating the Rap

Run-D.M.C. wants to be heroes, not hell raisers

Recordings and Reviews

Crown Royal

There are bands that change the world -- and then there's Run-DMC, who changed it twice. Their 1984 debut, Run-DMC, claimed the album format as hip-hop turf, putting B-boy cool at the center of the pop universe; their 1986 masterpiece, Raising Hell, made everything else in rock & roll sound like a...

2001 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Run-D.M.C. took hardcore hip-hop from an underground street sensation to a pop-culture phenomenon. Although earlier artists, such as Grandmaster Flash and the Sugar Hill Gang, 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: white, male, suburban rock fans. In the process, the tr...

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