Born in the 1970s, hip-hop music was built largely on the beat breaks in disco songs. Some of the earliest hits in the genre sampled those dancey tracks, including “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill ...

Run-DMC, a trio from Hollis, Queens, changed the rap game. In Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story, members Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels recount how they revolutionized hip-hop ...

In “Kings From Queens,” the three-part docuseries that debuted Thursday on Peacock, Run-D.M.C. cofounder Darryl McDaniels breaks down how he and Joseph “Run” Simmons and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell ...

Run-DMC released their hit song "My Adidas" in 1986 Roy Rochlin/Getty In the mid-1980s, Adidas was the shoe to rock thanks to Run-DMC. And back then, Run-DMC had a signature sneaker look: no laces.

It’s been over 40 years since the pioneering hip hop group Run-DMC formed in Hollis, Queens, but Darryl “DMC” McDaniels insists, “I remember everything like it was yesterday.” He appeared at ...

A young R&B singer auditioning at Jam Master Jay’s music studio described how her appointment with fame ended in horror — her songs interrupted by the gunshots that ended the Run-DMC star’s life.

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled ...

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a moment ...

The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop ...

New York — The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean ...