Throwback: Happy 62nd Birthday, Rev Run!

It’s November y’all! A weird, difficult and very odd year has raced by. November, like the other months is a very busy month for music history — and for birthdays. Let’s get to it.

• Kool and the Gang co-founder Ronald Bell was born 75 years ago on November 1
• Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen celebrated his 63rd birthday on November 1
• Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Kiedis celebrated his 64th birthday on November 1
• Mobb Deep‘s Prodigy was born 52 years ago on November 2
• ONYX’s Sticky Fingaz celebrated his 53rd birthday on November 3
• The Fat Boys‘ Kool Rock-Ski, the last remaining member of The Fat Boys celebrated his 60th birthday on November 4
• Bryan Adams celebrated his 67th birthday on November 5
• Radiohead and The Smile guitarist Jonny Greenwood celebrates his 55h birthday on November 5
• The Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley was born 78 years ago on November 5
• Bad Religion frontman Dr. Greg Graffin celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 6
• Living Colour‘s powerhouse frontman Corey Glover celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 6
• The Eagles‘ Glenn Frey was born 78 years ago on November 6
• The incomparable and legendary Joni Mitchell celebrated her 83rd birthday on November 7
• The incomparable and legendary, Bonnie Raiit celebrated her 77th birthday on November 8
• Salt-N-Pepa‘s Sandra “Pepa” Denton celebrates her 57th birthday today
• Scarface, one of my favorite rappers ever celebrated his 56th birthday on November 9
• Warren G. celebrated his 56th birthday on November 10
• XTC co-founder and primary songwriter Andy Partridge celebrated his 73rd birthday on November 11
• God — er, cough, cough, cough, Neil Young celebrated his 81st birthday on November 12
• Booker T celebrated his 82nd birthday on November 12

I’ve loved Run DMC since I was very little. Those brothers were a revelation to me: They were cool. They swaggered. They were from Queens — and they looked like me, my family and my neighbors. I could see myself in them. Yes, representation matters, y’all. 

Run DMC‘s Rev. Run celebrates his 62nd birthday today. Happy birthday, brother! Thank you for creating music that has transformed my life.

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