American rapper and musician Adam 'MCA' Yauch (1964-2012), American musician and DJ Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell (1965-2002), American rapper and musician Michael 'Mike D' Diamond, American rapper and musician Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz, American rapper Joseph 'Run' Simmons, and (standing) American rapper Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels as American hip hop groups Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys pose on the roof of B Smith's restaurant at 47th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, New York, 11th May 1987. The two bands were announcing the 'Together Forever Tour', a joint-headline tour of the United States for later that summer.
Rapper Lin Que (aka Lin Que Ayoung; Isis) appears in a portrait taken on the set of her "This Is It" Music Video shoot, with rappers MC Lyte (aka Lana Moorer) and Makeba Mooncycle (aka Pam Wilder), on April 5, 1993 in New York City.
John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher (left) and Jalil Hutchins, of American hip hop group, Whodini, walking down The Mall, London, circa 1986.
Vocalists John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher and Jalil Hutchins (right) of American hip hop group, Whodini, posing with two policemen at the foot of Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London, circa 1986.
Rosie Perez appears at a party for the Hip-Hop group Onyx with Rapper Boss (aka Lichelle Laws; Bo$$)and DJ Irene 'Dee' Moore and Havoc of South Central Cartel at The Palladium on April 11, 1993 on in New York City.
Rappers Yo-Yo (aka Yolanda Whitaker) and CL Smooth (aka Corey Penn) of the Rap Group Pete Rock & CL Smooth (aka Peter Phillips, Corey Penn) appear in a portrait taken on May 7. 1993 in New York City.
Rap Group Pete Rock and CL Smooth (aka Peter Phillips, Corey Penn) appear in a portrait taken on April 13, 1992 in New York City.
The Jaz, Queen Latifah and Jay-Z Attend Big Daddy Kane's Birthday Party on September 10, 1989 in New York City
DMC (aka Darryl McDaniels), Sir Ibu, Positive K (aka Darryl GIbson), MC Lyte (aka Lana Moorer), DJ K-Rock (aka Kenneth Moorer) and Big Daddy Kane (aka Antoino Hardy) attend MC Lyte's 19th Birthday Party on October 25, 1989 in New York City.
Rapper Chubb Rock (aka Richard Simpson) is shown in a portrait taken on the set of shooting his music video for "Ya Bad Chubbs" on March 24, 1989 in New York City.
