Run-D.M.C.'s It's Like That Album Anniversary
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Run D.M.C.'s Walk This Way Aerosmith Collaboration Single Anniversary
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Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell Album Anniversary
Run-D.M.C.’s third album, Raising Hell, made them rap’s first superstars. The album sold 3 million copies in the first year of its release, making it the best-selling rap album to date and pointing the way toward the ascension of rap and hip-hop as the dominant genres in popular music in the Nineties.
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Run-D.M.C.'s Down with the King Album Anniversary
Down with the King is the sixth studio album by hip hop group Run-D.M.C., released on May 4, 1993. Down with the King peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. Thanks to the title track, the album was also certified Gold only two months after the release. Read more about Run-D.M.C. and their career here.
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Run-D.M.C.'s Self-Titled Debut Album Anniversary
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Run-D.M.C.'s King of Rock Album Anniversary
Run-D.M.C. gave rap both its first gold album (Run-D.M.C., 1984) and its first platinum album (King of Rock, 1985). They also took rap into the Top Ten when they collaborated with Aerosmith on a rap remake of that group’s “Walk This Way.” After that single and video conquered radio and MTV, the racial and stylistic barriers between rock and rap were never again quite so pronounced.
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