One of the early
hip hop popular groups, Run-DMC was the first
rap act on
MTV. They were the indisputable kings of the rap world, with such hits as
King of Rock, and their
collaboration with
AeroSmith, the
rap remake Walk This Way. The group consists of
DJ Run,
DMC, and
JamMaster Jay.
The two leads real names were Joseph Simmons (Run, who is brother to Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam) and Darryl MacDaniel. They call themselves the Kings from Queens.