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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: DMC’s Metal Roots — Sabbath, Priest, and the Rock DNA Behind “She Gets Me High”
Description:
DMC sits down with Metal Walt for a deep dive into his heavy
metal and hard rock origins — from the music he heard growing up to discovering
the power of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest.
In this wide-ranging conversation, DMC explains how rock
music was already embedded in early hip-hop culture, why songs like “Rock Box”
proved that rock was part of Run-DMC’s DNA from the start, and how that
foundation eventually led him to create metal and hard rock music in his own
lane.
The interview also touches on DMC’s 2026 sol...