Fact Sheet: Run DMC

Ten facts about Run DMC:

1. Run DMC were the first rap artists to have a video on MTV.
2. Run DMC were the first rap group to have a #1 R&B rap album
3. Run DMC were the first rap group to have a top ten pop charting rap album
4. Run DMC had the first gold album for a rap group
5.Run DMC first platinum ablumb for a rap group
6.Run DMC first multi-platinum album for a rap group
7.Run DMC were the first rap group to appear on the cover of "Rolling Stone Magazine"
8.Run DMC were the first rap group to receive a Grammy nomination
9.Run DMC appeared on Saturday Night Live and American Bandstand as the first rap group
10.Run DMC was the second hip-hop group to be put in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009.


I picked this video because it is the only song I know by Run DMC. And I love Steven Tyler


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