"Self Destruction" is the only single by the Stop the Violence Movement, a group formed by American rapper KRS-One in 1988 in response to violence in the hip hop and African American communities. The single raised over $100,000 that was donated to the National Urban League. Background After a young fan was killed at a 1988 Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy show, KRS-One formed the Stop the Violence Movement in hopes of encouraging the hip hop community to end violence being committed among themselves. Further inspired by the recent murder of fellow BDP founding member Scott La Rock, he assembled many contemporary East Coast hip hop rap stars of the time to record a song about anti-violence. With production assistance by bandmate D-Nice and Hank Shocklee of the Bomb Squad, the product of the session was the chart-topping song "Self Destruction". All proceeds went to the National Urban League. A VHS cassette entitled Overcoming Self-Destruction—the Making of the Self-Destruction Video accompanied the song's release. The song debuted at No. 1 on the first week of Billboard's Hot Rap Songs existence and held the spot for ten consecutive weeks. The following rappers contributed the vocals to the song: Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One, D-Nice & Ms. Melodie) Stetsasonic (Daddy-O, MC Delite, Wise, and Frukwan (rapper)) Kool Moe Dee MC Lyte D-Nice Ms. Melodie Doug E. Fresh Just-Ice Heavy D Public Enemy (Chuck D & Flavor Flav) Big Daddy Kane also makes an appearance in the video, but is only seen in the background. The song samples "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Pass the Peas" by the JB's, and "Heaven and Hell is on Earth" by the 20th Century Steel Band. Music video The music video was filmed in the neighborhood of Harlem in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. West Coast rappers Tone Loc and Young MC, along with Digital Underground frontman Shock G, visited the video shoot and participated in the event. Later recordings In 2007, in preparation for the original track's 20th anniversary, KRS-One relaunched the Stop the Violence Movement. This resulted in two new iterations of the original concept – "Self Construction" and "Self Destruction 2009". "Self Construction" was released first in April 2008. The track was produced by Duane DaRock and recorded in Los Angeles from February 7 to 9 at the Los Angeles Recording School. "Self Construction" includes appearances by over 55 artists including