• Run-DMC Will Open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Pre-Super Bowl Concert

    Run-DMC is slated to open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at a pre-Super Bowl concert, which will take place in San Francisco. The group recently inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame is going to perform at the 6th annual DirectTV Super Saturday Night concert party, hosted by Pier 70. The performance is uber exclusive, by invitation only, and will be co-hosted by Mark Cuban of AXS TV.

  • Iconic Rap Group Run-D.M.C. to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

    The 58th Grammy Awards are honoring a rap group with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for the first time in the award show's history. Run-D.M.C., made up of Queens-bred rappers Darryl McDaniels (D.M.C.), Joseph Simmons (Rev Run) and the late Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay), is known for their iconic style-Adidas sneakers and sweatsuits with big chains and fedoras-and songs such as "My Adidas" and "Walk This Way."

  • Rock the Vote Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Free Concert

    Rock the Vote aired their first Public Service Announcement featuring Madonna draped in an American flag 25 years ago this past week. To celebrate their silver anniversary, Rock the Vote held a free concert in Washington, DC featuring the current members of 2 Live Crew (Wong Won and Mark "Brother Marquis" Ross), Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run DMC,and DC-based rapper Lightshow.

  • David Letterman's Best Hip-Hop Moments: Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, J. Cole and More

    David Letterman has long been known as a lover of rock 'n' roll...all it takes to get the late night host on your side was to behave erratically or energetically onstage, which would almost certainly merit an "oh boy!" It took a little bit more to get the longtime host of the 'The Late Show' fired up for hip-hop however. To honor Letterman as he prepares to host the last night of his 33-year run on CBS (and to avoid conflicting with everyone else's list of the best performances ever on the show), Music Times has gathered up five great hip-hop performances that took place late night over the years, with almost all coming from emcees in Letterman's adopted hometown of New York City, including Run-D.M.C. and The Beastie Boys.

  • 8 Christmas Songs By Unexpected Artists: Pink Floyd, Kanye West, And More

    Christmas music is typically the territory of Christian artists, country singers, or pop singers looking for a quick cash-in between proper studio albums (though that doesn't mean these cash-ins can't be great). However, there have been some strange cases where artists in other genres, such as rap, metal, and indie rock, have tried their hand at Christmas music as well. Here are eight Christmas songs or albums from unexpected artists.

  • 'Ghostbusters' Theme Gets Marshmallow-Scented Vinyl Reissue For 30th Anniversary

    In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1984 cult comedy, Ray Parker, Jr.'s classic Ghostbusters theme was reissued for Record Store Day in April on glow-in-the-dark vinyl. On October 21, the single will once again be re-released, but this time on 12-inch white vinyl housed in a marshmallow-scented puffy gatefold jacket in honor of the film's villain, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Rolling Stone reports.
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