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Run-D.M.C. is synonymous with hip-hop, and, appropriately, Ro's look at the pioneering, influential band's history plays like a history of the genre. Drawing on interviews with many of rap's biggest names, Ro (Have Gun Will Travel) charts the rise and fall of Run (Joe Simmons, younger brother of impresario and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons), D.M.C (Darryl McDaniels) and Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell). Hailing from middle-class Hollis, Queens, Run-D.M.C were the first to blend rock and rap, a formula that took them to the top of the pop music charts in the mid-1980s and early '90s. The book's supporting cast includes L.L. Cool J (who had an intense rivalry with Run), the Beastie Boys, Def Jam co-founder and producer Rick Rubin, and Aerosmith, who embraced Run-D.M.C and their 1986 remake of the chart-topping single "Walk This Way." Success, however, was fleeting, owing to bad record deals, lawsuits, alcoholism, meandering film projects and a rape charge pinned on Run (he later found God, to the skepticism of some close friends). Tragedy reigns, however, as the story opens and closes with the unsolved murder of Jam Master Jay in his Queens studio in 2002.
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"A revelatory (and titillating) page-turner for fans and the uninitiated alike." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A spicy, provocative, beautifully written take on one of hip-hop’s most storied groups. " -- --Michael Eric Dyson, author of Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
"As gory as a car wreck that we are unable to turn away from." -- Washington Post on Have Gun Will Travel
"Brilliant reporting...Hip-hop fans of all ages will delight in this gripping tale of sex, drugs, and rock n’rap." -- Smooth Magazine
"If Bob Woodward had street cred and could write about hip hop, his name would be Ronin Ro!" -- --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television
"Mesmerizing and provocative account of the lives of Run-D.M.C and Jam Master Jay..." -- --Raquel Z. Rivera, author of New York Ricans and the Hip Hop Zone
"Ro’s look at the pioneering, influential band’s history plays like a history of the genre." -- Publishers Weekly
"The read of the year." -- Chicago Tribune on Have Gun Will Travel
"Will enthrall both pop sociologists and armchair thrill seekers." -- Entertainment Weekly on Have Gun Will Travel
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Run-D.M.C. is synonymous with hip-hop, and, appropriately, Ro's look at the pioneering, influential band's history plays like a history of the genre. Drawing on interviews with many of rap's biggest names, Ro (Have Gun Will Travel) charts the rise and fall of Run (Joe Simmons, younger brother of impresario and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons), D.M.C (Darryl McDaniels) and Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell). Hailing from middle-class Hollis, Queens, Run-D.M.C were the first to blend rock and rap, a formula that took them to the top of the pop music charts in the mid-1980s and early '90s. The book's supporting cast includes L.L. Cool J (who had an intense rivalry with Run), the Beastie Boys, Def Jam co-founder and producer Rick Rubin, and Aerosmith, who embraced Run-D.M.C and their 1986 remake of the chart-topping single "Walk This Way." Success, however, was fleeting, owing to bad record deals, lawsuits, alcoholism, meandering film projects and a rape charge pinned on Run (he later found God, to the skepticism of some close friends). Tragedy reigns, however, as the story opens and closes with the unsolved murder of Jam Master Jay in his Queens studio in 2002.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
"A revelatory (and titillating) page-turner for fans and the uninitiated alike." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A spicy, provocative, beautifully written take on one of hip-hop’s most storied groups. " -- --Michael Eric Dyson, author of Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
"As gory as a car wreck that we are unable to turn away from." -- Washington Post on Have Gun Will Travel
"Brilliant reporting...Hip-hop fans of all ages will delight in this gripping tale of sex, drugs, and rock n’rap." -- Smooth Magazine
"If Bob Woodward had street cred and could write about hip hop, his name would be Ronin Ro!" -- --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television --Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television
"Mesmerizing and provocative account of the lives of Run-D.M.C and Jam Master Jay..." -- --Raquel Z. Rivera, author of New York Ricans and the Hip Hop Zone
"Ro’s look at the pioneering, influential band’s history plays like a history of the genre." -- Publishers Weekly
"The read of the year." -- Chicago Tribune on Have Gun Will Travel
"Will enthrall both pop sociologists and armchair thrill seekers." -- Entertainment Weekly on Have Gun Will Travel
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On October 30, 2002, Jam Master Jay (JMJ) was in Jamaica, Queens, back from touring with Run-D.M.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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On October 30, 2002, Jam Master Jay (JMJ) was in Jamaica, Queens, back from touring with Run-D.M.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white trio, tougher than leather, rap fans, solo deal, rap genre, jam records, other rappers, rap album, recording room, rap records Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys, Kurtis Blow, Runny Ray, Public Enemy, New York, Crown Royal, Rock Box, Tracy Miller, Walk This Way, Larry Smith, Krush Groove, Cory Robbins, Hank Shocklee, Russell Simmons, Treacherous Three, Doctor Dre, Rush Management, Cold Crush, Profile Records, Michael Jackson, Peter Piper, Lyor Cohen, Rolling Stone, Slick Rick New!
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- It's Like That: A Spiritual Memoir by "Reverend Run" on 28 pages
- Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith by Aerosmith on 12 pages
- Tougher Than Leather by Bill Adler in Front Matter, page 173, and page 311
- Moguls and Madmen by Jory Farr in Front Matter, and page 192
- Mardi gras by Sandra Brown on page 2
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