The Triumphs Of Run DMC

The name change

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Run-D.M.C.

Source: Twitter @OnlyHipHopFacts

The guys were originally going to call themselves ‘The Treacherous Two,’ but Russell Simmons convinced them to change it in order to get signed, much to their dismay.

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