The Reverend Joseph, “Run” Simmons and Darryl, “DMC,” McDaniels

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The Reverend Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.

Rappers, elder statesmen, spreaders of the faith.

Nine albums (two platinum, one multi-platinum-1986’s Raising Hell, which featured the blockbuster collaboration with Aerosmith, “Walk this Way,” and was the first rap album to go platinum); two new solo albums (a first for each): Distortion from ordained minister Run (who’s also just launched a reality show on MTV, Run’s House), and Checks, Thugs, and Rock ‘n Roll (due out in January) from DMC.

– Vanity Fair, December 2005

Photographed ina a 1967 Amphicar by Jonas Karlsson in New York Harbor on June 30, 2005