DMC On Violence In Hip-Hop: ‘Something Has To Give’

Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels of Run-DMC tells MTV News that while hip hop music doesn’t cause crime, it’s not helping matters either. Imitating a thug life, even just for image’s sake, helps keep the cycle of art-imitating-life-imitating-art on repeat. “Everything that these rappers try to get away from is everything that kills them,” he said. Read more.