Run-D.M.C.

Surge Tracks

• Rock Show
• Walk This Way

Artist Biography

Run-D.M.C. was a hip hop group founded by the late Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell that included Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels. The group had an enormous impact on the development of hip hop through the 1980s and is credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. The three members of Run-D.M.C. grew up in Hollis, Queens, New York, USA.

Mainstream success

The band signed a record deal with Profile Records in 1983, and Run's older brother, Russell "Rush" Simmons signed Run-D.M.C. to his newly formed management company Rush Productions that same year. On their first major United States tour, the group set new Fads by performing dressed in baggy black clothing, Adidas Sneakers (always with shoelaces removed), and Fedora hats.

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Artist Discography

Albums

Back From Hell (1990)
Crown Royal (2001)
Down With the King (1993-07-21)
King of Rock (2005-09-06)
Raising Hell (1986)
Run-D.M.C. (2005)
Tougher Than Leather (2005)

EPs

Papa Crazy E.P. (1988)

Singles

Walk This Way (1986)
What's It All About/The Ave (1990)

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