Just when the average rock & pop fan thought he/she had Rap music sussed, along came a game changer such as 'Walk This Way'. No longer confined to the ghetto 'Rap' reached out to the wider world by assimilating its rock music rival and found itself a place on MTV.
'Rap' had borrowed from 'Rock' before, but never with as much success as Run DMC's version of 'Walk This Way'. The Aerosmith original was virtually rap itself given the quick-fire lyrics as sung by Steven Tyler. Run DMC added a little 'black attitude' to the song and scored a world wide hit with it, taking Tyler and Aerosmith along for the ride via the spoof video that became a MTV staple for years afterwards.
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