Congratulations to hip hop pioneers Run-DMC (Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, and the late Jason “Jam-Master Jay” Mizell) for their upcoming induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this April.
Run-DMC is being recognized for its influence on pop culture in general, as the first group to bring Hip-Hop music to a mainstream audience.
Other performers to be inducted include Jeff Beck, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, and Bobby Womack with Bill Black, DJ Fontana, and Spooner Oldham in the “Sidemen” category, and Wanda Jackson in the “Early Influence” category.
Some of Run-DMC’s acheivements include:
- the first major rap group to appear on American Bandstand
- the first rap act to chart in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 more than once
- the first rap group to hit top ten on a pop chart
- the first rap act to release an RIAA-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum album
- the first rap act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
- the first rap act be nominated for a Grammy Award
- the first rappers to have a video on MTV
- the first to get a sneaker deal
The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will also mark the return of the annual event to the Rock and Roll Museum’s home of Cleveland, Ohio, for the first time in 12 years. As part of a new three-year between the Foundation and cable network Fuse TV, the ceremony will also be broadcast on April 4, 2009 and simultaneously telecast at www.fuse.tv
This is great news. Of course Grandmaster Flash anf the Furious Five was the first rap act to be inducted in to the hall of fame in 2007. Run and DMC continue to make a splash in television with Run’s show Run’s House and DMC on the reality-show circuit. Two Turntables And A Microphone was a recent documentary about Jam Master Jay that premiered last summer.
Run-DMC performing in Krush Groove
