Rap legend DMC of Run-DMC was a guest recently on the Quote Goats Podcast where he spoke on the need for rap artists and record labels to release socially conscious music.
"This world is scared of a guy that looks like Future or Lil Wayne, but speaks like Chuck D," he said, before quoting Chuck D's famous line from "Shut 'Em Down": "I like Nike but wait a minute/the neighborhood supports so put some money in it/the corporations owe they gotta give up the dough to my town or else we gotta shut em down."
"We as a Hip-Hop community of Black people, educated people young and old, refuse to get vocal about the necessities that are needed when you're playing this music on the airwaves," he explained. "The music doesn't cause the problems, the problems are there. The music creates an attitude of acceptance."