"Christmas in Hollis" by D.M.C. (VIDEO)

Watch a video of D.M.C. performing and discussing "Christmas in Hollis."

By Time Out editors Wed Mar 7 2012

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Hip-hop icon D.M.C. sheds some light on the choice seasonal track "Christmas in Hollis." "Growing up in Hollis, Queens, my mother would cook these big elaborate dinners on Christmas," he says. "So all I had to do was envision what would happen at my house."

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