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Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin and Redemption of "Run-D.M.C" and Jam Master Jay

Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin and Redemption of "Run-D.M.C" and Jam Master Jay


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About the Book

The year is 1978. Saturday Night Fever is breaking box office records. All over America kids are racing home to watch Dance Fever, Michael Jackson is poised to become the next major pop star, and in Hollis, Queens, fourteen-year-old Darryl McDaniels who will one day go by the name D.M.C. busts his first rhyme: "Apple to peach, cherry to plum. Don't stop rocking till you all get some." Darryl's friend Joseph Simmons now known as Reverend Run thinks Darryl's rhyme is pretty good, and he becomes inspired. Soon the two join forces with a DJ Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell and form Run-D.M.C. Managed by Run's brother, Russell Simmons, the trio, donning leather suits, Adidas sneakers, and gold chains, become the defiant creators of the world's most celebrated and enduring hip-hop albums and in the process drag rap music from urban streets into the corporate boardroom, profoundly changing everything about popular culture and American race relations."

About the Author :
Now in paperback, preeminent music journalist Ronin Ro tells the gripping tale of how Run-D.M.C.--hip-hop's first multi-platinum selling artists--forever transformed the expression of American popular culture and created a multi-billion dollar industry. Raising Hell chronicles Run-D.M.C.'s epic story through candid original interviews and true and exclusive details about their extraordinary rise to the top. Readers will learn about their early feuds with jealous peers such as L.L. Cool J, their mentoring of legendary groups like The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, their battles with producers, record executives, and each other; never before revealed details about Jam Master Jay's murder, and the legendary Russell Simmons' role in both the group's astounding success and their ultimate demise; and through it all how Run-D.M.C. changed everything about popular culture and American race relations by dragging rap from the streets into the corporate boardroom. Meticulously researched and compellingly written, Ronin Ro delivers an affecting behind-the-music tale of family, friendship, betrayal, murder, and the building of hip-hop.

Review :
[Ro] pulls no punches in a work of nonfiction that reads like a novel. --Miami Herald on Have Gun Will Travel" A definitive book. --New York Times on Have Gun Will Travel" 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" In Raising Hell, one of hip-hop s most important stories meets one of its most compelling storytellers. ----Bakari Kitwana, author of Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America" 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" 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" "Will enthrall both pop sociologists and armchair thrill seekers."--Entertainment Weekly on Have Gun Will Travel "[Ro] pulls no punches in a work of nonfiction that reads like a novel."--Miami Herald on Have Gun Will Travel "A definitive book."--New York Times on Have Gun Will Travel "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 "In Raising Hell, one of hip-hop's most important stories meets one of its most compelling storytellers."----Bakari Kitwana, author of Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America "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 "The read of the year."--Chicago Tribune on Have Gun Will Travel "A definitive book." -- New York Times on Have Gun Will Travel "The read of the year." -- Chicago Tribune on Have Gun Will Travel


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780060781972
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins
  • Edition: New edition
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0060781971
  • Publisher Date: 31 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Reign, Ruin and Redemption of "Run-D.M.C" and Jam Master Jay


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