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Disgraceland is a new true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly.

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Rebels hang @doubleelvis

Rising up or falling mightily, wrestling with the status quo leaves a mark.

“Oh I know they make fun of me, but all these years the people have thought the joke was on me, but it’s actually on them. I am sure of myself as a person. I am sure of my talent. I’m sure of my love for life and that sort of thing. I am very content, I like the kind of person that I am. So, I can afford to piddle around and do-diddle around with makeup and clothes and stuff because I am secure with myself.” Dolly Parton, 1977 🔥🙌🏻
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Andy Warhol
Just one month before signing their momentous endorsement deal with adidas 👟 (the first hip hop sneaker collabo and a $1 million check 💰), Run DMC released Walk This Way. Hip hop DJ’s had been using the first few bars of the track for years, but most knew it simply as Toys in the Attic (the name of the album the song first appeared on). When producer, original member of the Beastie Boys and founder of Def Jam, Rick Rubin suggested Run DMC team up with Aerosmith on a remake of the track there was resistance. But he knew exactly what he was doing; he set out to create something that would have crossover appeal and break into mainstream culture. 📀 This was seen as a moment of validation for hip hop, and it certainly was. However, the truth is that the ‘Toxic Twins,’ as Tyler and Perry were known, needed the renewed relevance that Run DMC could provide more than the rappers needed the cross over appeal. The aging rockers of Aerosmith hadn’t scored it hit since the 70s and teaming with Run DMC led to their first appearance on MTV. Give them credit for parlaying this success into a historic career renaissance. Just know, Run DMC were clearly the ones one top when the two came together. Walk this Way became the first rap song to crack the Billboard top 5 and its impact can’t be understated. It’s one of the reasons you can walk down the street today and see Run DMC tee shirts on kids who weren’t even born in 1986. As legendary artist and producer T Bone Burnett said about ‘Walk This Way’ during a recent interview, “that changed everything.”