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Run–D.M.C. is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Chuck D, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Afrika Bambaataa and Melle Mel. Those roots explain a lot about how Run–D.M.C. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, Naughty By Nature and Beastie Boys, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eazy-E, Dred Scott, Liberty X, Queen Latifah and J'adore Hardcore, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Run–D.M.C., reaching back through Chuck D and forward to Eazy-E. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Run-DMC was an American hip-hop group formed in Hollis, Queens, New York City in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip-hop culture and especially one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s. Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new-school hip-hop music and helped usher in golden age hip-hop. The group was among the first to popularize the MC and DJ relationship.
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Run–D.M.C. connections
Run–D.M.C. grew out of Chuck D, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Afrika Bambaataa, shares an orbit with Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD and Naughty By Nature, went on to shape Eazy-E, Dred Scott, Liberty X and Queen Latifah. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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