AP reports that a third man has been charged in the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay. A federal indictment filed Tuesday (May 30) in the Eastern District of New York officially charges 49-year-old Jay Bryant with the murder of the Hip-Hop icon, born Jason Mizell. Bryant, who is from Queens, is already in custody on […]

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Reverend Joseph “Run” Simmons (pictured left) and wife Justine Simmons (pictured right) will be hosting their own daytime talk show, according to Always A-List. RELATED: Rev. Run Is…

Run-D.M.C. star Darryl McDaniels has launched a scathing attack on modern hip-hop music, accusing today’s rappers of popularizing gun and drug culture. The hip-hop pioneer…

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) RUN DMC JMJ Way, Hollis Avenue & 205 St When: August 30, 2009 What: The pioneer rap trio get a street named after them in their neighborhood of Hollis, Queens. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music […]

Kevin Liles recalls hearing the first Run DMC record, a classic.

Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the invention of the Scopitone visual jukebox in the late 1950s. However, MTV’s launch upped not only the quantity of music videos being produced, but the quality. We racked our brains […]