Ninja-Parents Blog

Quick Verdict Raising Hell arrived on May 15, 1986, and is the album that took hip-hop from a genre with growing mainstream awareness to a cultural phenomenon capable of crossing every demographic barrier. Run-D.M.C.’s third album produced the first rap song to receive extensive MTV airplay, the first rap album to be certified platinum, and the template for every rock-rap crossover of the subsequent decade. “Walk This Way,” featuring Aerosmith, became a top-five pop single