title: Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay
author:  Ronin Ro 
description: &#8220;Will enthrall both pop sociologists and armchair thrill seekers.&#8221; (Entertainment Weekly)<br /><br />&#8220;A spicy, provocative, beautifully written take on one of hip-hop&#8217;s most storied groups. &#8221; (--Michael Eric Dyson, author of Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur)<br /><br />&#8220;Mesmerizing and provocative account of the lives of Run-D.M.C and Jam Master Jay...&#8221; (--Raquel Z. Rivera, author of New York Ricans and the Hip Hop Zone)<br /><br />&#8220;In Raising Hell, one of hip-hop&#8217;s most important stories meets one of its most compelling storytellers.&#8221; (--Bakari Kitwana, author of Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America)<br /><br />&#8220;If Bob Woodward had street cred and could write about hip hop, his name would be Ronin Ro!&#8221; (--Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black Rich and Famous and The New H.N.I.C. He is Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television--Dr. Todd Boyd, aka The Notorious Ph.D., is the author of Young Black)<br /><br />&#8220;A definitive book.&#8221; (New York Times on Have Gun Will Travel)<br /><br />&#8220;Will enthrall both pop sociologists and armchair thrill seekers.&#8221; (Entertainment Weekly on Have Gun Will Travel)<br /><br />&#8220;The read of the year.&#8221; (Chicago Tribune on Have Gun Will Travel)<br /><br />&#8220;[Ro] pulls no punches in a work of nonfiction that reads like a novel.&#8221; (Miami Herald on Have Gun Will Travel)<br /><br />&#8220;As gory as a car wreck that we are unable to turn away from.&#8221; (Washington Post on Have Gun Will Travel)
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  **Dedication**
  
   _To Patti_
  
   **Contents**
  
  Dedication
  
    
  
  1\. Out of the Shadows
  
  2\. Shaping an Attitude
  
  3\. Nothing Would Ever Be the Same Again
  
  4\. Lose Like a Man, Win Like a Man
  
  5\. The Main Locker Room
  
  6\. Nasty Entertainment
  
  7\. Love Game
  
  8\. Twin Peaks
  
  9\. Battle of the Balls
  
  10\. No One’s Cup of Tea
  
  11\. The Point’s Not Over ’Til It’s Over
  
  12\. Meeting My Match
  
  13\. Björn Again
  
  14\. Back from the Dead
  
  15\. Cracks in the Foundation
  
  16\. House Divided
  
  17\. Road Warrior
  
  18\. Torment
  
  19\. Resurrection
  
  20\. Not Dogging It
  
  21\. A Friend Remembered
  
  22\. Open Heart
  
  23\. My Visit to the Big House
  
  24\. Passion Play
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  Index
  
    
  
  Photographs
  
    
  
  About the Author
  
  Credits
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Publisher
  
   **1**
  
   **OUT OF THE SHADOWS**
  
   **I** ’m 29 years old and for the last three years people have been telling
  me I’m finished, washed up, done.
  
  That doesn’t sit well with me. I’ll say when I