Run-DMC changed my life.
The group that nurtured a new culture while breaking barriers were the biggest rap group in the world during the '80s. The first rap group to go gold, then multi-platinum, Run-DMC invented everything that rappers are trying to do now.
Before Jay-Z had his own Reeboks, Run-DMC had an endorsement deal with Adidas. Run-DMC became a group that changed the world by putting hip hop music in homes, validating a culture that people were sure would be a fad.
But what if none of this would have happened? This is a question that founding member DMC — nee Darryl McDaniels [in the middle] — wondered after getting some life altering news at the age of 35.
Read all about the exclusive in the Oct/Nov issue of HYPE
