CREEMEDIA
Some inescapable facts accompany RunD.M.C.’s latest venture onto the big screen. They are probably the biggest rap group in the world. They sell millions of albums, sell out the biggest arenas, and are now powerful enough to launch their own line of clothing.
CREEMEDIA
RUN-D.M.C.’S CELLULOID RAP
by Kris Needs
Some inescapable facts accompany RunD.M.C.’s latest venture onto the big screen. They are probably the biggest rap group in the world. They sell millions of albums, sell out the biggest arenas, and are now powerful enough to launch their own line of clothing.
Tougher Than Leather is viewed as the final component needed to catapult them into the nation’s crossover consciousness. The film is a rough and tough action picture that ironically plays up all the ingredients the group has recently tried to play down— namely, the violence.
Recently, I attended Run-D.M.C.’s soldout show at Madison Square Garden. Silly me for wearing my silver chain! It was unquestionably a spectacular show, what with all the lasers, hits and that inimitable rap attack. But, unfortunately, there was another more sinister show going on in the arena at the same time, as seats flew, fights sprouted and bozos like me inspected our necks ...