Run-D.M.C. was a pioneering hip hop group during the 1980s, founded by Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. The group had an impact on the development of hip hop through the 1980s and is credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.[LINK: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1821231,00.html] (nr.40) The Guardian The three members of Run-D.M.C. grew up in the neighborhood of Hollis in the New York City borough of Queens, USA. Mainstream success The band signed a record deal with Profile Records in 1983, and Run's older brother, Russell Simmons, A.K.A. "Russell Rush", signed Run-D.M.C. to his newly formed management company Rush Productions that same year. On their first major United States U.S. tour, the group set new Fad trends by performing dressed in tight leather pants and jackets, Adidas sneakers, and fedora hats.

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