DMC: My Adoption Journey
VH1, Documentary on Sat. Feb. 25, 9-10 pm
(Check local listings for the time in your area

A friend of mine who currently has a search underway for his birth father was present for the filming of an upcoming television show about adoption reunion which will be broadcast on VH1 this coming Saturday, February 25, 2006. A portion of his description of this show is listed below. I am including two links as well. Entertainment Weekly's link which discusses the show is below:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/vh1_rock_docs/99240/episode_about.jhtml

Below is a portion of my friend's discussion of the taping of this event and I have included a link to his blog if you wish to read his entire entry.

A while ago a fellow adoptee called me up to let me know that Darryll McDaniels (DMC of Run-DMC) was going to be at her next meeting and that VH1 would be filming it as part of a documentary about his search. Unfortunately, I already had placs with my family that morning so I couldn't make it. Fortunately, when we got home, there were two calls letting me know it had been postponed so I took off (with my wife's permission of course) to join the other people already there and we had a great multi-hour session that was filmed. I don't know if any of the session will make it into the documentary but it is is a great story.

Here is the synopsis:

In 1997, hip hop legend Darryl McDaniels should have been riding high.
Run-DMC was touring Europe after a remix put them back atop the charts, and money was rolling in. Instead DMC found himself alone in a hotel room, contemplating suicide. Coping with vocal troubles and creative differences with his group, he found no joy in the spoils of the rap game. Poison, a bullet, a giant leap were all options he considered. As he now recalls it, it was a song by Sarah McLachlan, "Angel," that brought him back from the edge. "Fly away from here, from this cold hotel room," she sang. "There's vultures and thieves at your back and the storm keeps on twisting." The sadness in her voice captured an emptiness D felt but could not explain - until a few years later. In gathering information for his autobiography in 2000, 35-year-old D got a bombshell from the only mother he's ever known - she told him he was adopted. The revelation left him stunned and confused. Amid that emotional turmoil one thing became clear: Darryl wanted answers about his true history. Beginning in October, VH1 documented D's search for his biological roots, as well as his spiritual journey of self-discovery. At the start of taping, all D knew was that, according to the parents who raised him, a 16-year-old named Bernada Lovelace, who hailed from the Dominican Republic, gave him up for adoption in 1964. Video tape rolled as D consulted with experts, researched old archives, and followed the winding trail wherever it led.

Here is the link for my friend’s blog for the rest of the story:

http://wraithsblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/dmc-my-adoption-story-docu_113901855279648368.html

You might want to check out the rest of his blog too while you are there. There are some really heartfelt and honest posts about his search for his birth family.