And so, after persuading Run-DMC to record Walk This Way, Rubin used his contacts to pull in the two guys from Aerosmith who had written the song - Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry - to ...

Run-DMC released “Walk This Way” as the lead single from their 1986 album, Raising Hell. It was an international hit for them, peaking at No. 4 on the Hot 100 and within the top 10 in multiple ...

Getty Images And “Walk This Way” would also have a big impact on hip-hop when Run-DMC covered it in 1986 in collaboration with Aerosmith. In fact, both versions are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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.

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.