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Run DMC Changed Everything | Music News
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Forty years ago, Run-D.M.C. detonated the mainstream with Raising Hell—the first rap album to crack Billboard’s top ten and the first hip-hop single to hit the Hot 100 top five, thanks to “Walk This Way” featuring Aerosmith. Pre-orders soared past half a million, critics called it “hotter than this,” and teens flocked to shows in rock-band proportions. It wasn’t just crossover—it was cultural collision: street beats fused with rock guitars, turning rap into radio gold and launching a new era where hip-hop ruled the charts, the airwaves, and the youth of America.
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