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As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J. -- Ja Rule
If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore. -- Vanilla Ice
On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked him what his art was about, he'd hit them with the same three words: "Royalty, heroism, and the streets. -- Jay-Z
It's lifestyle music. It's not like some secretary who likes some pop song, but can't name who the band is; whereas a heavy metal fan is into every aspect of it. We'll see if rap holds up to that. Run-DMC seemed to be the Led Zeppelin of rap. -- Rob Zombie
I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow. -- Adam McKay
Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music. -- Ice Cube

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