Back in the mid-80s, you would have been surprised to learn that a white teen from rural Wisconsin, like, say, Scott Servais, was listening to hip hop. But that all started to change in 1986 when Run-DMC covered Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way,” leading to a collaboration with the original artists in one of the most iconic music videos of all time.
The most ambitious crossover event of 1986 was both a foundational moment in sending hip hop into the mainstream and launched a second act for Aerosmith, who’d been dormant for years.
Scott Servais in his third act at this point, having been a player, a front-office executive, and now an on-field manager.