Randy Blythe
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No, it's much more specific. And that is the two bookends of the story of my book. It starts with the story of a fan I befriended during the last couple of months of his life who was dying of leukemia. And I wrote a song in his honor called The Duke. And around the release of that, we released it as a single.
No, it's much more specific. And that is the two bookends of the story of my book. It starts with the story of a fan I befriended during the last couple of months of his life who was dying of leukemia. And I wrote a song in his honor called The Duke. And around the release of that, we released it as a single.
We did a fundraising thing where we raised almost $15,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. But we also raised awareness for the Be The Match, which is now called the National Bone Marrow Registry. But if you go to BeTheMatch.org, it'll still carry you to it.
We did a fundraising thing where we raised almost $15,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. But we also raised awareness for the Be The Match, which is now called the National Bone Marrow Registry. But if you go to BeTheMatch.org, it'll still carry you to it.
We did a fundraising thing where we raised almost $15,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. But we also raised awareness for the Be The Match, which is now called the National Bone Marrow Registry. But if you go to BeTheMatch.org, it'll still carry you to it.
So we wrote this song and we put it out and there's an awareness campaign to register for this, particularly not that if you're white, you don't need to do it, but particularly for ethnic minorities, because blood marrow bone types are highly specific, as you're saying. And I think black or African-American people are the most underrepresented people. group on the bone marrow registry.
So we wrote this song and we put it out and there's an awareness campaign to register for this, particularly not that if you're white, you don't need to do it, but particularly for ethnic minorities, because blood marrow bone types are highly specific, as you're saying. And I think black or African-American people are the most underrepresented people. group on the bone marrow registry.
So we wrote this song and we put it out and there's an awareness campaign to register for this, particularly not that if you're white, you don't need to do it, but particularly for ethnic minorities, because blood marrow bone types are highly specific, as you're saying. And I think black or African-American people are the most underrepresented people. group on the bone marrow registry.
If you're white, I think you have a 70% chance of matching with a bone marrow donor. If you're black, I think it's 20%.
If you're white, I think you have a 70% chance of matching with a bone marrow donor. If you're black, I think it's 20%.
If you're white, I think you have a 70% chance of matching with a bone marrow donor. If you're black, I think it's 20%.
Yes. So they need more from black people, Hispanic people, Native people, Asian people here in America. So... We did this awareness campaign because it's free. All you got to do is spit in a tube. And I have a friend from another band who beat leukemia because he had a donor. And then Lamb of God's old merch girl died of leukemia. She was diagnosed and a week later she was dead.
Yes. So they need more from black people, Hispanic people, Native people, Asian people here in America. So... We did this awareness campaign because it's free. All you got to do is spit in a tube. And I have a friend from another band who beat leukemia because he had a donor. And then Lamb of God's old merch girl died of leukemia. She was diagnosed and a week later she was dead.
Yes. So they need more from black people, Hispanic people, Native people, Asian people here in America. So... We did this awareness campaign because it's free. All you got to do is spit in a tube. And I have a friend from another band who beat leukemia because he had a donor. And then Lamb of God's old merch girl died of leukemia. She was diagnosed and a week later she was dead.
Yeah, it was awful. So, pretty passionate about it.
Yeah, it was awful. So, pretty passionate about it.
Yeah, it was awful. So, pretty passionate about it.
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