US rapper Eminem paid tribute to Run DMC as he inducted the hip-hop collective into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (April 4th). The rapper said the group, who formed in 1983, had “changed my life” and called them “the first rock stars of rap”.  Read more 

Cheo Hodari Coker, the screenwriter responsible for the recent film Notorious, is adapting a biography about Run-DMC for the big screen. The movie, entitled Tougher, will chart the history of the hip-hop collectives three members - Joseph 'Run' Simmons, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels and Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell, who was killed in 2002.  Read more 

An eyewitness to the death of Run DMC legend Jam Master Jay has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for a string of robbery offences. Ronald Washington has long been accused by Federal prosecutors of being more than a witness to the rappers death, which took place in a Queens recording studio in 2002.  Read more