DMC Honored For Work With Foster Children
By Alexis Jeffries allhiphop.com
Date: 9/18/2006 7:00 pm
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-D.M.C. was honored Sunday (Sept. 17) by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute at their annual National Angels in Adoption Gala in Washington D.C.
The event recognized DMC for his efforts in improving the lives of children in foster care through the Felix Organization, which he co-founded earlier this year.
The rapper, along with casting director Sheila Jaffe, created the organization in February as a way to offer summer camp opportunities and bonding experiences to neglected and abandoned children.
"I was fortunate enough to be raised by parents who opened their hearts and home to me," McDaniels said. "But in reality, there are so many kids out there that don't have that. I want to help as many children as I can to become strong, independent, and successful adults."
A former adoptee, DMC, now 42, first learned of his adoption in 2000 when he was writing his autobiography.
The legendary rapper found out from his mother that he was adopted in 1964 soon after his birth.
"Finding out I was adopted, going though all of the emotions and then meeting my biological family changed my life," said McDaniels. "I have a new reality and a new purpose."
The CCAI also honored Miami Dolphins quarterback Daunte Culpepper for his support of foster children on welfare, after he teamed up with the African American Adoption Agency in Minnesota, serving as the organization's spokesman.
Culpepper is also an adoptee and an adoptive parent of his nephew.
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