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Today in Hip-Hop History: Run-DMC Dropped “Walk This Way” Featuring Aerosmith 39 Years Ago

On July 4, 1986, Run DMC made history by dropping one of the most iconic crossover tracks in Hip Hop — the genre-blending smash “Walk This Way” featuring rock legends Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of ...
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What Rick Rubin told legendary guitarist Joe Perry during the recording of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s Walk This Way

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Getty Images It was the first hip-hop single to reach the top ...
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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler wrote ‘Walk This Way’ after watching famous film 50 years ago — and ‘drugs worked,’ too: producer

"I think that it created a template for many bands that followed," said producer Jack Douglas of Aerosmith's 1975 classic "Toys in the Attic." In the final stretch of making its iconic 1975 album ...
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Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels ‘Walks This Way’ For A Good Cause

Named after his group’s hit 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith, Run-D.M.C.’s Daryl “DMC” McDaniels’ Walk This Way fundraiser will be held May 17 at Pier 45 in New York’s Hudson River Park. Proceeds ...
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3 Eternal Run-DMC Songs That Changed Hip-Hop

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 ...