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Jheri Curl Fridays 27: “Christmas In Hollis”

5446 days ago
Popdose — Merry Christmas from Jheri Curl Fridays! This week, Run-DMC leads us on a holiday jaunt through Hollis, Queens. Bring on the chicken and collard greens! more info

DMC, 'NCIS' star team up on album

5474 days ago
Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Run-DMC star Darryl McDaniels has recruited NCIS actress/singer Pauley Perrette to collaborate on his first solo album since 2006. more info

Rapper and actor Heavy D dies aged 44

5483 days ago
Guardian Music — Hip-hop veteran hailed by peers, including LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj, collapsed with breathing problems and died in hospitalRapper and actor Heavy D, one of the defining voices of hip-hop's late-80s and early-90s golden age, has died. The 44-year-old... more info

The 411 Music Top Five 11.08.11: Top 5 Collaborative Efforts

5484 days ago
411 Mania — From Kanye West and Jay-Z's "No Church in the Wild" and Eminem joining forces with Elton John on "Stan" to the work of supergroup Temple of the Dog on "Hunger Strike," Aerosmith and Run-DMC's "Walk this Way" and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5... more info

25 years of Def Jam: how the sound of New York's streets rose up to rule the world

5549 days ago
Guardian Music — From humble beginnings in student digs, the record label Def Jam is credited with bringing New York's street culture and music to the masses – and even helping to elect a president'Without hip-hop we wouldn't have Obama," says Russell Simmons, co-f... more info

My favourite album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

5573 days ago
Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Dorian Lynskey says consider yourself ... warned!To find, at an impressionable age, a record that not only exp... more info

Dmc - Dmc's Rock Return

5589 days ago
ContactMusic — DMC's new album will be like his group Run-DMC's 1985 record 'King of Rock' "on steroids". American hip-hop star DMC - whose real name is Darryl McDaniel - said his forthcoming solo record will take inspirations from heavy metal bands such as Korn an... more info

The Beastie Boys prompt moral outrage in UK

5632 days ago
Guardian Music — May 1987: Number 13 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicBy the time the Beasties arrived for UK dates with Run-DMC, only one gig hadn't sold out. The last few tickets evidently went to people who took exception t... more info

Spike Lee and Michael Jordan do their deal with Nike

5632 days ago
Guardian Music — September 1988: Number 18 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of hip-hopThe spread of hip-hop culture has gone hand in hand with the global rise of sportswear and trainers are the touchstone between the two. Run-DMC made trainers cool â... more info

Rap-metal is born

5633 days ago
Guardian Music — 4 July 1986: Number 40 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicEver wondered why Limp Bizkit exist? Blame the day that Walk This Way, a collaborative cover version of a 1975 Aerosmith single by Run-DMC and Aerosmith's Steve Tyl... more info

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