#7 “Stop The Violence Movement | Self Destruction”
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#7 “Stop The Violence Movement | Self Destruction”
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In this episode of Written Gems, we dig deep into what’s considered to be one of the most important singles in rap history, “Self Destruction" by The Stop The Violence Movement (1989). This song is a who's-who of East Coast royalty: Heavy D, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, MC Lyte, Kool Moe Dee, Doug E. Fresh, Stetsasonic, and more. This was bigger than just a song. It was a statement.
We're breaking down the history of this classic: why the release date was no accident, how an 18-year-old D-Nice slept under the mixing board for seven straight days, the label beef that kept LL Cool J off the record (and what he did about it), and why West Coast rappers showed up to the video shoot uninvited.
This is the story of a track born out of urgency, and delivered to the world on what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 60th birthday.
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