Rapper Darryl McDaniels said he learned a valuable lesson from 'Walk This Way,' Run-D.M.C.'s collaboration with Aerosmith, in February 2024.

But as producer Rick Rubin says in an interview with Rick Beato, the creation of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s 1986 hit Walk This Way was no easy task.

Named after his group’s hit 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith, Run-D.M.C.’s Daryl “DMC” McDaniels’ Walk This Way fundraiser will be held May 17 at Pier 45 in New York’s Hudson River Park.

While the Run-D.M.C. redux of “Walk This Way” was a hit, the real legacy of the track is that it helped usher rap-rock into the mainstream.

In a 2012 interview with SongFacts, Tyler revealed another way The Three Stooges inspired Aerosmith. “‘Walk This Way’ came out all at once,” he said.