Music
The Los Angeles Street Scene on Tuesday firmly shut the door on the New York “rap” group Run-D.M.C.
Sept. 17, 1986
California
A month ago it hardly figured to become a seething question, but here it is: Will the popular New York “rap” group Run-D.M.C. play the equally popular Los Angeles Street Scene this weekend?
Sept. 16, 1986
If time and fashion pass quickly in most of pop, they fly by in rap--the music that celebrates so many new shoe styles and fast-food menu items that you need a hot line number to keep up with the latest rage.
June 29, 1988
The “rap” music group Run-D.M.C. and singer Barry White have called for “a day of peace” among gangs in Los Angeles County today.
Oct. 9, 1986
You’d think Run-D.M.C. would be feeling the pressure.
Jan. 30, 1988
In the 1940s it was Charlie Parker and bebop, now in the ‘80s it’s Run-D.M.C. and “hip-hop” causing all the commotion (“Can Rap Survive Gang War?
Aug. 31, 1986
Is rap music getting a bum rap? After a nasty night of gang violence last Sunday at Run-D.M.C.’
Aug. 24, 1986
The rap music group Run-D.M.C. has been asked to perform at the Los Angeles Street Scene festival next month despite a gang-initiated brawl that left 40 people injured at the group’s concert last weekend in Long Beach.
Movies
Rick Rubin is sitting in a restaurant on Bleecker Street in the Village.
Dec. 14, 1986
Fearing a recurrence of violence that left 40 people injured after a concert Sunday in Long Beach, promoters canceled a “rap” music concert that had been scheduled for Monday night at the Hollywood Palladium featuring some of the same entertainers who had appeared at Long Beach.
Aug. 19, 1986