hip-hop in general had a negative effect on P, first in his inability to acknowledge it & then later with his ham-fisted attempts at incorporating it into his sound.

So Run-DMC would have to be somewhat in that mix even though they were always huge fans of Prince themselves.

However I look at Run-DMC's wardrobe/style signalling not the end for P so much as a stripped-down/simplified reaction to the bedazzled look/style of early groups like Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, etc.

A more utilitarian/everyman 'neighborhood' look that could be emulated by anybody.