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Toure Show

DMC—I Was Suicidal

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8880 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Toure Show Episode 90 Original Air Date: September 11, 2019 He’s the King of Rock, there is none higher. DMC from Run-DMC one of the greatest groups in hiphop history. Bet what you didn’t know is that when he was on top of the world, he was suicidal. And a depressed alcoholic. He talks about all of that in this Throwback to our 2019 ep. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.3

We was doing some promotion for Downward to King album, I believe.

0:52.0

It was in Europe somewhere.

0:53.3

We had to do a photo shoot.

0:55.5

We finished the photo shoot. We go back down in our rooms and Eric goes to everybody.

0:59.7

Yo, be in the lobby, 6.30 for sound check. He was a routine. I'm saying. It's like 1 o'clock now.

1:04.7

So that's all free time. I wait till everybody going in the room. I look out the hallway.

1:29.3

Nobody's there. Because I knew if I don't do it now they're going to come lock the door so nobody goes to the roof because the door was open so I'll run back up to the roof and I get up on the ledge and I'm on the ledge about to jump and a couple of things went on to me that said okay the reason why i shouldn't jump is if i jump and don't die this she's gonna hurt right but if i don't jump this feeling

1:36.0

that doesn't hurt like it hurt if i break my back is way worse than any physical pain run dmC is one of the greatest rap groups of all time, definitely one of the most important.

1:49.7

They're hip-hop's first superstars. But DMC, despite all the success and all the money,

1:55.9

for many years, he was a mess. He was an alcoholic. He was depressed and he was suicidal. Today, thanks to therapy

2:03.5

and reflection, he's sober and happy to be alive. But we're going to dig into his difficult

2:08.2

years in this episode and see how he dealt with hard times. It's DMC on Toray Show.

2:26.1

Music On D.M.C. work so why did Rund DMC work so well?

2:30.0

Why did Rund DMC work so well?

2:37.9

Um, I guess if I had to say because Because we did what was being done

2:46.1

Before hip hop

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