RUN DMC To Reunite With AEROSMITH This Weekend In London?
June 21, 2007, 17 years ago
According to Contactmusic.com, the surviving members of hip-hop legends RUN-DMC are flying to London this weekend (June 23rd-24th) to join their old duet pals AEROSMITH on stage. The original trio - which included late DJ Jam Master Jay - teamed up with the rock group for their 1986 mega-hit 'Walk This Way' - an original Aerosmith song. British newspaper Daily Star reports rappers Joseph 'Rev Run' Simmons and Darryl 'D.M.C.' MCDaniels will join Aerosmith for a performance of the track at the Hyde Park Calling Festival on Sunday evening.
According to Wikipedia, the 1986 version of the song is often credited as helping break rap into mainstream popular music as it was the first rap song to hit the Top 5 in The Billboard Hot 100 and demonstrated how elements of rap music can be part of rock and pop songs. This version of 'Walk This Way' charted higher on the Hot 100 than the original version. The landmark collaboration catapulted Run-D.M.C. into mainstream stardom and would influence rap music for years to come.
