As hip-hop grew into a formidable force in music, so did the weight of gold chains. From Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay to Slick Rick to Big Daddy Kane, rappers in the late 1980s draped themselves in ...

Run DMC's Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels pose in ... “It showed that we had the big gold chain and the fancy car and that we were truly the superstars of the ...

As one–third of the hip-hop act Run-DMC, ... They made history as the first rap group to snag a Grammy nomination and pose on the cover of Rolling Stone in flashy gold chains and fedoras.

From chains to diamonds. But the early hip-hop artists didn't start out with giant gold eagles, diamond-encrusted nameplates or Rolexes. Instead, said music journalist and exhibition guest curator ...

The music world mourned when Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the rap trio Run-DMC, was fatally shot in a recording studio in Queens in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, two men are set ...

Hip hop’s old schoolers, including Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Run-DMC and Salt-N-Pepa, got there first. What is different, however, is how we wear it now . When, in 2025, the toughness of ...

Run-DMC didn’t invent hip-hop. But without the Hollis, ... The group was famous for black clothes, gold chains, black hats and sunglasses and Adidas shell-toe sneakers.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers say they're exploring the possibility of a plea deal for the last of three men charged in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay.

(CNN) — Two men were found guilty of murder Tuesday in the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the groundbreaking hip hop trio Run-DMC, in a case that for decades frustrated ...

The DJ helped rap gain a wider audience through his role in Run-DMC, the 1980s powerhouse group that notched the genre’s first gold and platinum albums and was known for such hits as “It’s ...

A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years. Federal … ...