Last night I was dragged,
ok- asked nicely, to go to a Public Enemy concert at Irving Plaza. Now for those of you that know Irving Plaza know that the intimate setting and the close proximity to the performers is what makes this place such a gem. To see U2 there would be amazing- but hip hop- not my thing. Shockingly enough I was touched, emotionally that is, by a surprise performer-
DMC of the past "
runDMC". His music was fun, especially live, but what really got me was when he opened up to the crowd. He told us all that he just recently found out after 35 years that he was adopted and that the people that raised him are his foster parents. This new knowledge really had a large
impact on him and drove him to look into the state of the foster care system. He told us a statistic that swam in my head all night; 78% of the people in jail were raised in the foster care system. I will leave that fact with you and let you draw your own conclusions. I just want to say, that whenever possible take a second or more to believe in a kid. Kids need to know they are loved,
doesn't matter by whom but they need to know that they are little stars, or as
DMC called them, Kings and Queens. The more children are believed in, the more courage they will have to achieve any dream they may desire.
