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  Jam Master Jay's Legacy and Death, 10 Years Later

  October 29, 2012 – Not enough hip-hop stories end well. About the best we get is that some legendary MC fades away gracefully and grows up and out of the industry, to live comfortably. Jay-Z is the anomaly. For awhile there, it seemed as if Run-DMC were going to age, with relative grace, which would have been, in its own way, a minor victory. They made some great albums, then some not-so-great ones, and from time-to-time, they toured. …
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  Chucks & Bucks: An Oral History of the Coolest Shoes on Earth

  September 10, 2012 – Go into any garage or basement where a high school band is thrashing away. Go into a stadium where rock gods are hurling lightning bolts. Go anywhere people are making music, and — without being too weird about it — look at their shoes. There's a good chance you'll see Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. …
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  Full Made In America Lineup Announced: Drake, Run-DMC, Chris Cornell Added

  July 31, 2012 – In the months since Jay-Z announced he would be curating the Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, which takes place Labor Day weekend and is intended to "embody the American spirit," he's put together an lineup as eclectic as America itself (or at least its hipper enclaves), including co-headliner Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Odd Future and more. …
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  Louder Than Bombs: Death Grips and Killer Mike

  June 23, 2012 – Hip-hop's first 20 years were built on decibels. A Bronx-bred arms race over speaker size, rocking without a band, "my JVC" vibrating the concrete, pumping up the volume, sampling "The Big Beat" and "Angel of Death" and Skull Snaps, and cars that go boom doing donuts on your manicured lawn while blasting the Aerosmith breaks stolen from the water-tower party. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  October 23, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!) This week's winners: Who: No Doubt (@nodoubt) Why You Should Follow: The band that tweets together, stays together. …
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  Run-DMC Plan a Broadway Musical

  October 21, 2009 – Broadway's spiffy slacks-and-blazer dress code may soon include street-wise leather trench coats, bulky gold chains, and Adidas Superstar sneakers (without laces, of course). Yep, Queens, NY, hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC are in talks for a musical stage production! According to the NY Times, Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons, 44, and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, 45, as well as the estate of Jason Mizell (Jam-Master Jay), are in talks with veteran Holly …
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  Rock Hall Ceremony: Eminem, Run-DMC, Metallica

  April 6, 2009 – While pop music's spotlight is about to shine brightly on Eminem -- his first video and album in five years are rolling out over the next month -- the rap icon was simply a fan on Saturday night, honoring his heroes, Run-DMC, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland. With Em providing the induction speech, Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and late DJ Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell became th …
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