Run-DMC is about to make history once again, and this time at the 2016 GRAMMY’s.
According to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the legendary hip-hop group will be receiving a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award.
I’m so honored to be a #GRAMMYs Lifetime Achievement Award recipient this year. Thank you to the Recording Academy!
— Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) January 13, 2016
Rev Run shared the news on Twitter, and it’s safe to say that he was shocked and excited that Run-DMC would be receiving this honor.
I just got a call from the Grammys!! They shocked me!! We’re the first rappers to get this award!! Shocked! … https://t.co/xHlzCPAgHz
— Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) January 13, 2016
Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and the late Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell will be the first hip-hop artists to ever receive these honoree.
Other fellow recipients of the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award have been Cecilia Cruz, Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, and Earth Wind and Fire.
Congratulations Run-DMC, and tune in next month for the show on Sunday, February 15.
Check out: The Nominations For The 58th GRAMMY Awards
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