Run-D.M.C. is a hip hop group formed in Queens, New York, in 1981. The trio is known as one of the most influential acts in hip hop history as they achieved a great number of firsts for the genre, including being the first group to receive a Grammy nomination, to have videos on MTV, and to feature on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. They collaborated with a Aerosmith to release a cover of Walk This Way, which featured on album Raising Hell with popular track It's Tricky.