Christmas In Hollis

“Christmas In Hollis,” by Run DMC (Russell Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels and Jason Mizell), a rap track originally released in 1987. Hollis is a neighborhood of about 24,000 people in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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Brian Williams: ‘The hip, hip a hop ….’

Members of the classic rap crew Sugarhill Gang are from Englewood, New Jersey. Newsman Brian Williams grew up in Middletown, on the Jersey Shore. Maybe that’s what motivated this supercut-and-paste of Williams performing Sugarhill’s 1979 hit “Rapper’s Delight.” Nice assist from Lester Holt, too.

Jimmy Fallon brought video editor John McDonald and his amazing found-sound rap videos to the Tonight Show with him. Wise move.

More:

“‘Bang, Bang!’ Brian Williams and Lester Holt Cover ‘Rapper’s Delight,'” Ronnie Polidoro and Mary Kozelka, NBC News

“The Rap- ification of Brian Williams,” Ben Teitelbaum, Newsweek

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