D.M.C.
D.M.C. (born Darryl Matthews McDaniels May 31, 1964) is an American musician. He is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture and founding members of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C. (More from Wikipedia)
Frankly, I am a little exhausted after what I have already written, and I don’t at all mean to give Hollis Brown short shrift in this post. But before I go, let me illustrate their versatility by mentioning their early 2012 single, “The Fly” that was recorded with D.M.C., the rap pioneer who is one-half of Run-D.M.C..
(May 2013)
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The current (August/September 2016) issue of AARP The Magazine – a perk for anyone who joins AARP that keeps getting better every year – includes a section called “Surviving the ’80s”. The item about the “Walk This Way” remake reads, quoting Darryl McDaniels (aka D.M.C.): “[Producer] Rick Rubin gives us this yellow notebook pad. He tells us, ‘Go down to D’s basement, put the needle on the record.’ We go down to my basement and put on the record, and then you hear, “Backstroke lover always hidin’ ’neath the covers,’ and immediately me and Joe [Joseph Simmons aka Run] get on the phone and say, ‘Hell no, this ain’t going to happen. This is hillbilly gibberish.’”
(September 2016)
