DMC

One third of the first rap group to gain mainstream superstardom, Daryl "DMC" McDaniels was a founding member of Run-D. M.C., which burst out of New York City in the early 1980s with an aggressive, stripped-down sound that virtually laid the blueprint for modern hip-hop. With Joseph "Run" Simmons and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, McDaniels elevated rap from the club scene to the pop charts on the strength of such forceful, boast-heavy tracks …