Run-D.M.C. was a pioneering hip hop group during the 1980s founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. The group had an impact on the development of hip hop through the 1980s and is credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them #48 in their list of the greatest musical artists of all time. The three members of Run-D.M.C. grew up in the neighborhood of Hollis in the New York City borough of Queens, USA.