It all began with Run-D.M.C. In 1986, the Queens-bred kings of rap bumrushed Madison Square Garden with their sold-out “Raising Hell” tour. Russell Simmons had urged the group to record a song ...

Hey all,<BR><BR>I was visiting my family in CT over the holidays and caught a radio commercial that said something like, "new music genres...Hip Hopera." And then they played about 30 seconds of what ...