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Kareem 'BIG K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

How Kareem 'Big K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels are bringing hard rock guitar back to hip-hop

By Andrew Daly published

The Firebird-loving guitarist/producer and Run-DMC legend on their mission to prove hip-hop can be just as heavy as metal, getting gear tips from Billy Gibbons, and why Gibson humbuckers are the foundation of funk and soul guitar

Portrait of guitarist Eddie Martinez at the Holiday Star Theater in Merrillville, Indiana, May 16, 1986.

Session guitar legend Eddie Martinez shares the studio secrets behind classic records from Run-D.M.C., Mick Jagger, Robert Palmer and David Lee Roth

By Andrew Daly published

Martinez looks back on soundtracking some of the biggest hits of the '80s – including working with Jeff Beck on Mick Jagger's She's the Boss, breaking down musical barriers with Run-D.M.C. and playing Live Aid – and explains why he thinks guitar is yet to be properly represented in hip-hop

This Run-DMC medley with DMC and members of Anthrax, Volbeat and Suicidal Tendencies is the king of quarantine jams

By Richard Bienstock published

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Rob Caggiano and Suicidal Tendencies, Roberto “Ra” Diaz and Charlie Benante rock classic Run-DMC cuts