New Hip Hop Musical with Run DMC

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PAULA WAGNER is a producer you might recognize because she did the "Mission: Impossible" movies and other Tom Cruise hits such as "The Last Samurai" and "Vanilla Sky."

Now she is announcing a new original musical with hip-hop legend Run-DMC.

Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels are meeting with Paula this week in New York to observe other musical offerings on Broadway. Their inspirational story of their rise is a compelling and dramatic journey and Paula's new Chestnut Ridge Productions will oversee it.

She says Run-DMC was the first rap act to cross over and influence American music. The story of Simmons, McDaniels and their musical partner Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell (who was murdered in 2002) will be told in a unique manner.

Paula says, "I feel their story lends itself perfectly to the stage. This project has been a passion of mine for some time and I couldn't be more thrilled to be working with them."

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Queens street named after RUN DMC

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The corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue was officially renamed after the pioneering Hip-Hop group, Run DMC.

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a proposed Hollis Hip Hop Museum could also be in the works. Councilman Leroy G. Comrie, a representative for the area of Hollis who sponsored the legislation, noted that Darryl “DMC” McDaniels had already come forth and contributed memorabilia to the proposed establishment, which was once home to the Hollis Famous Burger. full article on LimeWire Music blog

In April, Run-D.M.C. was inducted into the prestigious Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Loving the recognition!

The Migraine Skank

by today's Urban Chameleon contributor

Yesterday I took my friend’s Hip Hop dance class. I was the only Black girl in the class. All the other participants where white girls who you could tell had spent hours in front of the mirror at home trying on different clothes to capture their inner b-girl swagger. Hats were tilted to the side and pants were baggy with one leg rolled up. My friend the teacher warmed us up with everything to chest isolations, head bops to the booty shake. It felt strange putting it all to an eight count but that’s today’s Hip Hop. I busted out laughing when my friend in attempt to have these girls “feel” it equated it to vibing out at a reggae club with Buju Banton. The white girls stood in utter confusion.

However, I was put on to the latest Euro craze “The Migraine Skank,” which is what the combination was to. I love it, just at the club with a migraine skanking it out.



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