When the lady at the courthouse, who had been so helpful to me, told me that I would never gain access to my original birth certificate, it was reality. At first it was funny because she had been so helpful and the way she said, �No that will never happen.� It was reality, records are closed.�

�My birthmom informed me that my father lives on Staton Island within the same neighborhood as my birthmother and siblings�.

�I just thought, �God, What are you trying to tell me?� My story is a story of purpose and destiny. I was questioning my existence. Am I just here to be DMC, to do this rap thing and nothing else? I was suicidal. Angel kept me alive for 3 more years to discover the meaning of the void.

�If I wasn�t adopted I would never have met Jay or Run and I wouldn�t be who I am now, where I am and the influence Run: DMC had on rap music today. We were the rap artists to get promotional deals with the song, �My Adidas�.�