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 ...

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 ...

For those who were in the Bronx on August 11, 2023, the 50th birthday celebration of hip-hop culminated with a star-studded concert at Yankee Stadium, where the surviving members of Run DMC—Joseph ...

The new Peacock docuseries “Kings From Queens:The Run DMC Story,” tells the story of legendary rap trio RUN DMC. It looks at their meteoric rise, challenges, and the evolution of the hip-hop genre.

As the future DMC in Run-DMC, a 12-year-old Darryl McDaniels got his first education in hip-hop at St. Pascal Baylon Catholic school in Jamaica, Queens. “I was in seventh grade, and Billy Morris — who ...

BAY RIDGE — One of the true pioneers of hip-hop music, Darryl McDaniels, founding member of the iconic rap trio Run-DMC, paid a visit to the southwest corner of Brooklyn on Sunday to promote his new ...

FILE - Rap trio Run-DMC poses in New York, April 5, 2001. From left: Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell), DMC (Darryl McDaniels) and DJ Run (Joseph Simmons). For 15 years, Uriel Rincon told authorities he ...

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 (AP) — Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — 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 ...