Hip-hop pioneer group Run-DMC will be honored at next month’s 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rev Run took to Twitter to be the first to make the announcement.
I just got a call from the Grammys!! They shocked me!! We're the first rappers to get this award!! Shocked! … https://t.co/xHlzCPAgHz
— Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) January 13, 2016
What a coincidence that they will be the first rappers to achieve such a prestige award considering back in 1986 they became the first rap group to be nominated for a Grammy. Yes, 1986 was the year the rap category was created.
The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards airs Feb. 15th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.