Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DMC continued, "It made everybody after us, if you want to do an album, you got to do it on that level." Released in May 1986, ...

Picture it. The year was 1986, and hip-hop was still in the relatively early stages, but growing in popularity. Then one day, one legendary group dropped a hit album that proved hip-hop was a genre ...

"It doesn't get any hotter than this." By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director Forty years ago, a trio from Queens catapulted hip-hop into the mainstream with Run-D.M.C.’s third album, Raising Hell.

The Queens-bred crew's third album was the first hip-hop LP to go platinum. By Michael Saponara Run-D.M.C. has been Raising Hell for over four decades. With the Queens-bred crew’s Raising Hell album ...

American hip hop group Run-DMC (American rapper Joseph ‘Run’ Simmons, American musician and DJ Jason ‘Jam Master Jay’ Mizell (1965-2002), and American rapper Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels) attend the 1987 ...

Queens rap group Run-DMC was already a major force in music when it released “Raising Hell” in 1986 — an album that would go on to redefine hip-hop. Featuring the groundbreaking collaboration “Walk ...