Added on 10/25/06
When Jam Master Jay was shot down last year, rap music suffered its most significant loss, more significant even than Tupac and Biggie - because Jam Master Jay was part of the greatest rap group of all time. In the early eighties, when hip hop was...
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When Jam Master Jay was shot down last year, rap music suffered its most significant loss, more significant even than Tupac and Biggie - because Jam Master Jay was part of the greatest rap group of all time. In the early eighties, when hip hop was peopled by flashy funksters in high suede boots and gloves glittering all the way to the elbow, rapping to the beats of live bands, Run DMC preferred to play it raw. Just Jam Master Jay with his turntable, some hardcore rhyming from rappers Run and DMC, the three of them simply all in black, leather jackets, sneakers, and fedoras. They weren't trying to look like George Clinton or Bootsy Collins. They rapped about reality, about the streets, and looked the same as the stories they told. And it worked. Run DMC made every commercial breakthrough for rap music: they were the first to get a gold and platinum album, the first to be nominated for a Grammy, and the first to be featured on MTV. They also created the genre's most sustainable subgenre,... See less 
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