Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels

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founding member of musical group human rapper record producer songwriter

Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels is an American rapper and founding member of the pioneering hip hop group Run-D.M.C., known for helping bring rap music into the mainstream in the 1980s.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels canonical	2
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels	1
Darryl McDaniels	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding member of musical group ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1981 ⓘ
associatedAct	Jam Master Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph "Run" Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounded	Darryl Makes Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1964-05-31 ⓘ
ethnicity	African-American ⓘ
foundingMemberOf	Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ rap ⓘ
influenced	mainstream acceptance of hip hop ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
knownFor	helping bring rap music into the mainstream ⓘ pioneering hip hop in the 1980s ⓘ
memberOf	Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Darryl McDaniels NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	member of first hip hop group on the cover of Rolling Stone ⓘ member of first hip hop group to achieve multi-platinum status ⓘ member of first hip hop group with a major endorsement deal (Adidas) ⓘ
notableSong	It’s Like That NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ My Adidas NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Box NERFINISHED ⓘ Run’s House NERFINISHED ⓘ Walk This Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Crown Royal (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Down with the King (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Rock (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Raising Hell (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tougher Than Leather (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ comic book publisher ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Harlem, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedIn	Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Arista Records ⓘ Profile Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageName	D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Easy D NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with Run-D.M.C. (memoir) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Run-D.M.C. → member → Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels ⓘ

Walk This Way with Run-DMC → rapper → Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels ⓘ

subject surface form: Walk This Way (Run-DMC and Aerosmith song)

Scars on Broadway → hasMember → Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels ⓘ

this entity surface form: Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Slow and Low → hasSongwriter → Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels ⓘ

this entity surface form: Darryl McDaniels