Run-DMC’s three-part documentary series Kings From Queens got the ball rolling on a biopic about the legendary group. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels teased two films exploring the trio’s career in an interview with AllHipHop’s Chuck Creekmur.
Creekmur noted how DMC was previously reluctant to sign off on a biopic. But DMC said he was willing to participate now when asked if he still opposed a biopic.
“No, not at all,” he told Creekmur. “Nah, a matter of fact, we talking about two biopics.”
DMC explained why he resisted making a biopic in the past, specifically around the time of N.W.A’s biopic Straight Outta Compton. The Run-DMC rapper viewed things differently years later as he believed it was best for their documentary to precede the biopic.
“I didn’t want to jump on a biopic bandwagon,” he said. “That’s why. After the documentary airs, you could tell a story. There’s so many stories in the Run-DMC biopic though. So after this airs, what segment are you going to take out of this to do the biopic? You’re going to tell D meets Run and this and that. That’s impossible to tell. So a little teaser is maybe we’ll do a biopic focusing on the Raising Hell years. That’ll be very interesting.”
Fans must wait for the biopic, but they can watch the documentary Kings From Queens: The Run-DMC Story right now on Peacock. The three-part docuseries premiered on Thursday (February 1).
AllHipHop spoke with Run-DMC’s surviving members DMC and Rev Run as they promoted their documentary’s streaming release. Kings From Queens debuted on Peacock amid the Jam Master Jay murder trial in New York.
Two men, Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, are on trial for the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s DJ. A third defendant, Jay Bryant, will be tried separately for his alleged role in Jam Master Jay’s death.
