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Kings and queens gathered for 'Hip Hop 50 Live' at Yankee Stadium

Darryl McDaniels (L) and Joseph Simmons (R) of Run-DMC, closing the Hip Hop 50 Live concert at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. early Saturday morning. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Kings and queens gathered for 'Hip Hop 50 Live' at Yankee Stadium

August 12, 2023 • An eight-hour concert Friday night was a procession of generations of hip-hop royalty, from the Sugar Hill Gang to current stars like Lil Wayne. Run-DMC gave what was billed as their last performance.

Kings and queens gathered for 'Hip Hop 50 Live' at Yankee Stadium

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All Songs Considered

Oddest Musical Pairings

August 9, 2010 • If you've ever seen the infamous video of David Bowie's Christmastime duet with Bing Crosby, then you know musicians are capable of the most imaginative (and baffling) collaborations. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at odd pairings, some brilliant, and some just so very, very wrong.

Oddest Musical Pairings

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Music Interviews

RUN DMC Crashes Rock's Hall Of Fame, Again

April 3, 2009 • When it's inducted on Saturday, RUN DMC will not be the first rap group to make it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — that was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. But RUN DMC did achieve a number of historic firsts during its heyday in the 1980s.

RUN DMC Crashes Rock's Hall Of Fame, Again

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Music Interviews

RUN DMC On The Birth Of Rap

April 3, 2009 • Twenty-five years after RUN DMC's first single was released, member Darryl McDaniels sees the group's success as coming from a deliberate decision to create music that was sparse, hard-hitting and extremely rhythmic — just the way it sounded in those city parks.

Music Interviews

Run-D.M.C.'s Reverend Run Goes Solo

October 24, 2005 • Farai Chideya talks with Reverend Run aka Rev Run, formerly of the rap trio Run-D.M.C. He's back with his first solo CD, Distortion, and his own reality show on MTV, Run's House.

Run-D.M.C.'s Reverend Run Goes Solo

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The History of Hip-Hop

Rapper Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C.

Fresh Air

August 30, 2005 • Darryl McDaniels is the "D.M.C" of the seminal rap group Run-D.M.C, which brought new fashion and language to popular culture. Their self-titled first album — the first rap record to go gold — was the first of a string of successful releases. (This interview originally aired May 19, 1997.)

Rapper Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C.

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