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Is hip hop a fad? Run-D.M.C. respond in 1987

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Is hip hop a fad? Run-D.M.C. respond in 1987

On their first ever Australian tour in 1987, New York hip hop titans Run-D.M.C. and famed British MC Derek B dropped by triple j to chat about the still-fledgling hip hop genre, and why they felt it would have a big impact on Australian audiences. 

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