Run DMC’s “Christmas In Hollis” was a landmark for hip-hop.
Not long after the release of The Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” Kurtis Blow released the first rap single on a major label, “Christmas Rappin’.”
Alicia Keys was only 16 years old when she recorded her version of “Little Drummer Boy” for Jermaine Dupri’s 12 Soulful Nights Of Christmas compilation in 1996.
The Jackson 5 were at the height of their popularity when their 1970 Jackson 5 Christmas Album was released.
Boyz II Men recorded a modern day Christmas classic with their 1993 holiday single, “Let It Snow.”
