The A.V. Club loves the holiday season, and we also love opening small doors and eating the stale chocolate lurking behind them. We’ve found a way to combine those things with our love of pop culture, ...

Although Hip-Hop Christmas records do not get as much airtime, the genre has produced a number of notable holiday records. There s Christmas Rappin by Kurtis Blow, Santa s Rap by The Treacherous Three ...

Run-DMC performed their festive song ‘Christmas In Hollis’ for the first time in nearly 20 years for a new Disney special set to air this weekend – watch the clip below. The rare rendition was filmed ...

Almost 25 years ago, Hip-Hop pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and group members Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell were faced with a dilemma. The trio, which made up pioneering ...

Rev Run of Run-DMC was eating breakfast and getting high when he wrote the legendary festive rap “Christmas in Hollis.” He told us of the 30-year-old track, “I was in my new house that I just ...

On this day, 38 years ago, the legendary Queens trio Run DMC delivered one of the most beloved holiday anthems in rap history with the release of their single “Christmas in Hollis”. The track first ...

“I’m the king of rock/there is none higher/sucker MCs should call me sire.” Though Rev. Run first boasted of this back in 1985 on the title track to Run-DMC’s “King of Rock” album, he continues to be ...

It's hard to believe Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" came out almost 20 years ago. The song was included on the 1987 A Very Special Christmas album, the first in a series of compilations to benefit ...

Run-DMC, from left: Darryl McDaniels (DMC), Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and Joseph Simons (Run). Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Shopping for the holidays is stressful enough to send anyone ...

Christmas is nearly here, and there's more music than you can shake a strap of sleigh bells at. Some of it makes you cringe just thinking about it, but here at the PNJ, we'd rather make your days ...

The inspiration for a song can happen at any time, but few would expect that one of Hip-Hop’s favorite Christmas-related jams was written while the author was on drugs. Rev. Run of Run-DMC says that ...