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>> when run dmc came out, they were taking rock and roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand new out of it. ♪ you cant touch me with a ten foot pole ♪ >> run d.m.c. kind of led zeppelinized hip-hop because it was fit for arena. knocking the scoreboard down. >> aerosmith had sort of fallen off the map at that point and it sort of brings them back to the fore. and it also breaks run dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listeni...

“Speak What Must Be Spoken,” an Emory Libraries traveling exhibit about Black art and activism, inspired a compelling Black Lives Matter street mural unveiled this month at Atlanta’s Drew Charter School.

This month learn how impactful our Black history has been on the world.

Nothing has been the same since Feb. 13, 1970.

Nothing has been the same since Feb. 13, 1970.

Nothing has been the same since Feb. 13, 1970.

The hip-hop pioneer talks about learning to love his glasses, and the all-star collaborations he has on the way

A much bigger way, because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way ♪ >> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "license to ill." thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you dont want to go ♪ ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no ♪ >> hip-hop was our baby. this was our culture. this was our music. we created...

Her knee ♪ ♪ there was three young ladies ♪ >> aerosmith had fallen off the map at that point. it brings them back into the fore and also breaks run-dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way ♪ >> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "license to ill. thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, ...

Jane McAlevey, a PhD Candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, spent two decades as an organizer in the labor and environmental justice movements. She is the author of Raising Expectations (Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement (Verso, 2012).