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Run-D.M.C.’s ‘Raising Hell’ at 40: How Billboard Tracked the Rise of Rap’s First Blockbuster Album

Forty years ago, a trio from Queens catapulted hip-hop into the mainstream with Run-D.M.C.’s third album, Raising Hell. Rap had been raising a ruckus across the…

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