When it comes to hip hop power couples, New York has more than its share. Here are our choices for the Big Apple's top ride or die rap couples

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Larry Smith, the Queens-bred record producer responsible for some of rap music's most iconic songs from artists like Run-DMC and Whodini has died. He was TK.

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LeRoy McCarthy has led efforts to persuade New York City to honor some of hip hop music and culture's most revered figures, including the late Jam Master Jay, Biggie Smalls and the Beastie Boys.

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The Grammy Hall of Fame 2014 inductees include "Walk This Way," by Run-DMC and "Rapper's Delight," by the Sugarhill Gang.

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Like he always does at this time, DJ Mister Cee pays homage to the late, great Jam Master Jay.

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Complete with a self-created instrumental, DMX delivers the most surprising hip hop holiday jingle rendition since the Honda commercial that uses Run-DMC's "Christmas in Hollis," which had us watching more white woman saying "collard greens" then we had previously seen, ever.

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Iconic hip hop group Run DMC reunited for the first time in years to perform at Jay-Z's 'Made In America' festival, held over the Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia, hitting the stage for a 40-minute long set in front of the tens of thousands in attendance.

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For one night, 1987 hip hop was back in NYC, as more than 25 rappers and musicians gave 'Props To Hip Hop,' performing the latest in a series of live band tributes to hip hop icons. This one, a March 24, 2012 recreation of the groundbreaking 'Together Forever' tour, featured MCs performing as Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, to the delight of hundreds of hip hop heads who packed Hiro Ballroom.

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Props To Hip Hop, the incredibly entertaining live band hip hop tribute concert series, returns March 24, 2012, this time taking it to Hiro Ballroom with a lineup reproducing 1987's famed "Together Forever" tour, featuring Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. If you haven't caught one of these yet, you will not be disappointed.

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