Pioneering Hip-Hop Rappers of the '80s

From left, Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and DJ Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell of Run-D.M.C. photographed in New York, 1988. Their first single, in 1983, "It's Like That," was listed by VH1 as No. 40 on its 2008 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. Mizell was shot to death at his New York recording studio in 2002. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)