All three are one of the most famous hip hop acts in the 1980s, which, with LL Cool J, marked the emergence of hip hop new school. They were the first of their kind, have a record of gold and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The group was among the first to show the importance of MC / DJ that relationship. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them number 48 in their list of greatest musical artists of all time.
In 2007, the trio named Greatest Hip Hop group of all time by MTV.com They also named Greatest Hip Hop Artist of all time by VH1. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 4, 2009, the group hip-hop was the second after Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.
The initials "DMC", widely accepted to refer to the initial Darryl McDaniels.
On the album King of Rock 1985, "said DMC acronym has two meanings:". D not dirty, mostly own MC "" Damage Control For Mic "and
He also refers to the third "The 'D's to do it all the time," M for the rhymes that all mines, the "C -. Cold Cool as can be"