Run DMC

Run-D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York,
founded in 1981 by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason
"Jam Master Jay" Mizell. The group is widely acknowledged as one of the most
influential acts in the history of hip hop culture. Run-D.M.C. was one of the
most well-known hip hop acts in the 1980s who, along with LL Cool J, ... read more

Run-DMC Member Says Learning He Was Adopted Lifted Him Out of Depression

DMC talks about his charity work and more...
Posted 19 January 2.05am — Comment on this

Run-d.m.c. Star Honours Jam Master Jay In New York

Run-D.M.C. star Darryl 'd.M.C.' McDaniels joined Jam Master Jay's son and widow at an event in New York City this week (beg14Jan13) to honour the...
Posted 17 January 12.01pm — Comment on this

Jheri Curl Fridays 53: “Beats To The Rhyme”

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Jam Master Jay's death and a new compilation, Run-DMC gets the Jheri Curl Fridays treatment this week
Posted 16 November 2012 9.00pm — Comment on this

Jam Master Jay remembered, 10 years on

A decade ago next week, the DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered at his studio – but his legacy lives on in hip-hopThe Scratch DJ Academy in New York was the first place ...
Posted 24 October 2012 10.36am — Comment on this

Contest: Fun Fun Fun Fest Weekend Passes

*EDIT:* Contest is over. Congrats to Jeremy Franklin! Tickets are still available to purchase for the festival.Today we're giving away a pair of weekend passes to this ...
Posted 27 September 2012 7.01pm — Comment on this

Run-DMC: Watch: Run-D.M.C. Reunites At Jay-Z's Made In America Festival

Back in July, iconic '80s hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. announced plans to reunite after a 10 year ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-run-dmc-re...
Posted 3 September 2012 4.34pm — Comment on this

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam Close Out 'made In America' Festival As Run Dmc Return

Pearl Jam closed out a triumphant Made In America Festival and put the icing on top of a career-spanning set some two-hours long by bringing out the man who made it all h...
Posted 3 September 2012 2.28pm — Comment on this

Video: Run-DMC performs for first time in 13 years at Made in America

Legendary hip-hop outfit runs through greatest hits, honors Jam Master Jay.
Posted 3 September 2012 3.33am — Comment on this

Run-DMC Reuniting For Jay-Z's Music Festival

Legendary hip-hop stars Run-DMC are bringing forward their big reunion to perform at Jay-Z's Made In America music festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September. T...
Posted 1 August 2012 4.27am — Comment on this

Run-D.M.C. Is BACK! Announce Reunion Performance At Fun Fun Fun Fest!

YES!This is some of the most exciting, out-of-the-blue news we've heard in a while!For the first time since 2002, Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, th...
Posted 11 July 2012 1.50am — Comment on this

Run-DMC: Run-DMC To Reform

Though they've been on hiatus since 2002, the year that founding member Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell was murdered, Run-DMC is ... Read the full article at http://www.pr...
Posted 9 July 2012 7.45pm — Comment on this

Rapper and actor Heavy D dies aged 44

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 ...
Posted 9 November 2011 10.23am — Comment on this

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

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 e...
Posted 4 September 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

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

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 co...
Posted 11 August 2011 12.52pm — Comment on this

Dmc - Dmc's Rock Return

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 forth...
Posted 26 July 2011 6.45am — Comment on this

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