Run-D.M.C. "Raising Hell 35th Anniversary"

About this work

This 18" × 24" limited edition screen print by Ken Taylor, released by Collectionzz in 2021, celebrates the 35th anniversary of Run‑D.M.C.’s landmark album Raising Hell, a record widely credited with bringing hip‑hop deeper into the mainstream and shaping the sound of the genre’s golden era. The artwork presents the trio in a tight, frontal portrait—Run, D.M.C., and Jam Master Jay framed against a flat red field—with their faces, chains, and classic streetwear rendered in bold, graphic linework around the iconic RUN DMC logo and a track listing that calls out “It’s Tricky,” “My Adidas,” and their crossover collaboration “Walk This Way”. Produced as part of the alternative poster movement, where artists and publishers create short‑run silkscreens and giclée prints for music and film anniversaries, the print sits at the intersection of fan culture, fine‑art illustration, and hip‑hop history. Rolled in very fine/near mint condition and drawn from an edition of 235 (this copy noted as unnumbered), the piece reflects both the scarcity and the deliberate collectability that define contemporary screen‑printed music posters. Within the Urban / Contemporary strand of The Askia Jones Collection, Taylor’s Raising Hell print acts as a bridge between your historic ephemera and modern design, foregrounding Black musical innovation, street aesthetics, and the visual myth‑making that keeps seminal albums alive across generations.