Run-DMC‘s iconic black, white and red logo has been re-appropriated countless times for a laundry list of products, however, that doesn’t mean it’s up for grabs. The legendary Hip Hop duo—Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels— is preparing to take two of America’s biggest retail giants to court for essentially stealing Run-DMC’s infamous logo. The Run-DMC brand has filed a lawsuit against Amazon and Walmart to the tune of $50 million, alleging both companies are advertising, selling, manufacturing, promoting, and distributing multiple products with the logo, leading people to mistakenly think DMC and Rev are cosigning them all, according to TMZ.
The lawsuit reportedly lists glasses, hats, T-shirts, patches, wallets, and several other pieces among the items being misrepresented as Run-DMC merch. According to the group, the Run-DMC logo is incredibly valuable, and the strength of their brand apparently helped McDaniels and Simmons secure a $1.6 million agreement with adidas years ago.
HipHopDX reached out to DMC for comment, but had not heard back at the time of publication.
No picture(s) of the product(s) in question…terrible journalism.
i totally understand their argument, as a run dmc fan from the 80’s when i see the red black and white logo i instantly think of run dmc. that logo IS Run DMC
word.
Good lord photos aren’t even needed for this. THE LOGO IS EVERYWHERE. Go get a journalism career of your own then fuck boi.
Good luck with tha pretty sure those big corporations can afford crazy (((lawyers))), unlike your broke ass lol
Lil Wayne should sue these old ass niggas as well. Run-DMX’s debut CD is a flaccid carbon copy of his rap-rock blueprint. skrrt
You know run dmc came before lil Wayne so he copy them
There is no way you can be serious.
NWA SAID MY PENIS FUCK ADIDAS
All these comments are retarded
how is run dmc’s logo infamous exactly?