söndag 22 Mar 2015, 3:50

i read an article about dmc’s story when i was in high school
serendipity poured into my mind

dmc also told his story at the moth last year
http://themoth.org/posts/storytellers/darryl-dmc-mcdaniels

when run-dmc was on tour in europe
darryl mcdaniels fell into depression and became suicidal

darryl was grateful for his family and career
but he was so depressed that nothing mattered
except the void inside him

something was missing from his life
just couldn’t figure out what it was
“why am i here
why am i so unhappy”

1997 he left the airport and decided
he would kill himself when he got home

the driver asked him if he wanted to listen to music
he turned on the radio
sarah mclachlan’s “angel” was playing

when darryl heard that song
something inside him said
“life is beautiful. it’s good to be alive.”

it saved his life
he went home and bought her entire discography
and listened to her every day for a year

at the end of the year
his manager asked him to go to a grammy party hosted by clive davis
but he didn’t want to
he just wanted to listen to sarah mclachlan

his manager convinced him to go
darryl said he only wanted to stay for an hour
he really didn’t wanna be there
until someone walked in

it was sarah mclachlan
she was signed to arista records which was founded by clive davis

now darryl was freaking out
he went over to meet her
and right away she told him she’s a fan of run-dmc
she liked “it’s tricky”

he told her that she saved his life
she shook his hand
“thank you for telling me that darryl because that's what music is supposed to do”

3 years later he started writing his autobiography
he wanted the details about his birth
so he called his parents

at age 35 darryl mcdaniels learned he was adopted

“sarah mclachlan's record –angel– kept me alive so i could live another three years and find out that i was adopted. that was the missing piece to my existence”

i thought this happy ending couldn’t be a fancier unicorn but i was wrong

darryl wanted to record a song with her
a twist on harry chapin’s “cat’s in the cradle”
that could inspire people the way she inspired him

he called her and told her that he just found out he was adopted
she invited him over to her house in canada

when they finished recording the song
sarah mclachlan told him she was adopted too

“angel”
https://youtu.be/i1GmxMTwUgs

their song “just like me”
https://youtu.be/PU19xA8h3FQ

darryl told a short version of his story during an interview with sarah mclachlan
https://youtu.be/Ou9pJqnZfR0

article from 06
http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/24/dmc-saved-by-an-angel

darryl met his birth mother and made a documentary/vh1 rock doc
dmc: my adoption journey
it won an emmy for outstanding arts & culture programming