Platinum Rapper FIRST Time REACTION to Johnny Cash - Hurt 

No matter how many times I hear this, I cry.😪 Johnny Cash was active from 1954 until his death in 2003. This was an original song by Nine Inch Nails. Despite being “flattered” when told that Cash was covering his song, Trent Reznor had his reservations when they first sent him the track. “I listened to it and it was very strange,” he said. “It was this other person inhabiting my most personal song. I’d known where I was when I wrote it. I know what I was thinking about. I know how I felt. Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive.” What changed his opinion, and what ultimately lifted Hurt to an entirely different level, was the video for it. Directed by Mark Romanek, it unfolded like a four-minute mini-biography, blending archival footage, home movies, and a performance as stark as the song itself. “When we dropped in the first clip of Johnny riding the train, we got chills,” recalled Romanek, who won both a Grammy and Country Music Association award for the video. “There was something about the juxtaposition of Johnny as a young, vibrant man and Johnny towards the end of his life that was really powerful.” “It really upset me, and it really affected me,” Rubin told National Public Radio. “I thought it was beautiful, but it was unlike any video I’d ever seen before. It was so extreme that it really took my breath away - and not in a good way. I didn’t know how to handle it. It was just overwhelming.” “I wasn’t prepared for what I saw,” Reznor said. “What I had written in my diary was now superimposed on the life of this icon and sung so beautifully and emotionally. It was a reminder of what an important medium music is. Goosebumps up the spine. It really made sense. I thought: ‘What a powerful piece of art.’ I never got to meet Johnny, but I’m happy I contributed in the way I did. It wasn’t my song any more.”

Nine inch nails did it originally, Trent Reznor wrote this but after hearing Johnny sing it….he said “this is Johnny’s song”

johnny was 71 in this, he passed away 4 months after his wife passed and 7 months after this video

This version seems to get harder to listen too the older you get you realize how much truth is really in it.

This is the very last song he recorded. It was a Nine Inch Nails song. In the end of the song he closes the piano - it was never opened again while he was alive.

He never opened that piano again. Guts me every damn time.

From what I've heard his daughter said to him "dad this sounds like goodbye" and he told her it was his goodbye

This was Johnny's apology and goodbye to June. She was terminal and died not long after this was recorded. Through his 50+ year career he had struggled with addiction, jail and infidelity. And this was his way of telling June and the family that he was sorry for all he put her and the kids through.

In the end, Johnny had something to say, and by God he said it.

This song was made and written by Nine Inch Nails. The leader singer (Trent Reznor) made this song about a middle aged mans life spiraling out of control and losing the ones around him due to death and drugs/ overdoses'. Johnny Cash took the song changed one word and made it about and old man looking back on his life losing those around him due to age and what year to year can do to a friendship. Nine Inch Nails lead singer wasn't happy about this because the song was soooo personal to him. Once he heard the song he said, "this is now cash's song". Cash is one of only like 2 or 3 people in the Country Hall of Fame, Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, AND the Songwriters Hall of Fame. You could literally write a Harry Potter 10 book story about this man's life and still have chapters left out... During this song his wife passed away. His daughter told him that this song sounds like he is saying goodbye... Johnny replied, "I am saying goodbye; I miss my June (wife June Carter)". Johnny passed away like 4 months after releasing this song.... RIP Legend. Lastly, I'll say as a man. What makes me cry everytime I watch this video is the way Johnny closes the piano at the end... He knows he is never touching the piano again and is saying goodbye to an old friend...

Johnny Cash was born in 1932. His career as a professional musician began in 1954 and continued until his passing at the age of 71 in 2003. Though Trent Reznor wrote this about his own addiction Cash had been an addict as well but was able to go cold turkey with the help of fellow musician June Carter who he was in love with at the time and who he then married. She passed away a few months after she appears in this video and he followed her a few months after that. They were both in poor health when it was made and didn't shy away from it. RIP.

That last moment where he closes the piano, is him literally closing the lid on his career and his life. He passed shortly after this song and video released. A true legend. This song kills me every single time. If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend "Walk the Line" starring Jaoquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. It's an excellent look at his life.

The band Nine Inch Nails made this song originally but when Johnny cash did it they said it’s his song. ❤❤❤

If I'm correct, this was the last song that Johnny Cash recorded before he passed.

He died just after this. One of our greatest!

I'm a 47 year old man who first heard Trent Reznor sing this thirty years ago and I'm crying flowing tears right now.

The pic on the wall is his mother. The woman on the steps is his wife June. Best to watch the movie Walk The Line to best explain Johnny's life. He had his demons and lived a very rebellious life of drug and alcohol use. This song belonged originally to the rock group 9 Inch Nails and Johnny's manager talked him into redoing it. It's amazing to say the least. His wife stood firmly beside him for many yrs and they truly loved each other. She past away not too long after this song and he died less than 6 months later. It's like he is saying goodbye in this song. When he closed the piano, it was like he closed a coffin. RIP to Johnny and June Cash.

Every. Damn. Time. Every time I cry. It's just, it's from the soul. And a 19 y/o wrote it I think rick Rubin heard it and went "This is Cash. This has to he his." Genius. Damn I need a tissue.

Trust me man, I drive trucks for a living, do road racing and drifting, I cry every time I hear this song. Every time I listen to a reactor do it, still gets me. This song was originally done by nine inch nails, Trent wrote it about his addiction , and it was very personal to him which was why he initially was pissed that the label allowed a cover for the song, and immediately after his first listen, he approved it and even said later on, he may have wrote it, but that's Johnny's song now. This was a song for Johnny to June who passed away shortly after and a few months before he did. He had struggled with addiction and infidelity as well, which is why he says he will make you hurt. After this, he never opened the piano again. This song and performance has everything in it that would give you a reason to cry. And the order I get, the more it hits home.

Closing the piano at the end always reminds me of closing the lid to a coffin. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) wrote the song but he said it was Johnnys song in the end. I told my exhubs at the time that this was Johnnys 'swan song', his last goodbye to his soul mate June, goodbye to the music industry and a final performance and goodbye to his fans. - Johnny died 7 months after filming this video. 🥺❤

That was his last goodbye!! Reaction was beautiful!! Keep shining ❤

She was a Carter, the first superstar music group, The Carter Family.

He filmed this video in Feb 2003 and passed away 7 months later(Sept 2003). His wife who is in the video died in May of that same year. He was 71.

Johnny Cash was so real. He passed just months after his beloved wife June. I believe that Hurt was his final recording. It gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it. Johnny was devoutly Christian later in life too.

He was 71 years old when he passed. You can tell by looking at him that his hard lifestyle of partying and drugs and shit took a big toll on him. He looks like he's in his late '80s or mid '90s but he was only 71.

Brother, if you want this channel to blow tf up you should allow your tears to flow. The VAST majority of people watching reaction videos are empaths. We watch these to see your emotions to these wonderful songs. We weep along with you when the music hits you in the feels.

God gave us tears for a reason, men and women alike💙

Trent Reznor stated that this song is no longer his and that it now belongs to Johnny Cash. The pix in the back is either his mom or June's. He passed away 4 mths after June. He was 71 yrs old.

This was the perfect cap for his career. Rip johnny. Such soul. This was one of the most emotionally charged music videos ever made. The kind that makes old grissled men choke up.

I told my wife I wanted this at my funeral But she’s gone before me now all I have is the tears left when this song comes on. Loving your show !!!! Seen them all so far. This one got me. Thanks. I need to feel some times.

This was his goodbye.

It’s honestly one of the most powerful songs I’ve heard and every time I watch this video it hits me. The visuals are powerful, his empire of dirt, the feast at his table with no one to share it with. His last video and it symbolically is the ribbon on his long life of music.

I see the table of food as representing the tremendous excesses he had during his career.

Johnny cash recorded this song after his wife June Carter passed and he passed right after that. This was the very last song he ever did

I've read many comments about this song and singer and it's a common thing that many people say they cry when hearing this song. Maybe for different reasons. For me it's being alone and expecting to be even more alone as time goes on. "Everyone I know goes away in the end". I've lost everyone I knew in the earlier part of my life. "What have I become?" Even though I am secure in Christ, I have not become what I hoped for in life. Other people may get other things out of this song, but the song touches a raw nerve for many people in different ways.

I live near his old stomping grounds. Johnny Cash is the Man in Black.

It hits us because we all know it's coming. No matter how big or powerful the man the inevitable sunset is coming.

If this song doesn't make you cry, you are a soulless shell of a human being. Trent Reznor wrote and sung Hurt.Once he heard Johnny's version, he said it was no longer his song. It's Johnny's song now.

Originally written by Trent Reznor and released by Nine Inch Nails on the 1994 album Downward Spiral, the song was brilliantly reimagined by Johnny Cash and producer Rick Rubin (Def Jam records, etc.) in 2002 and received the Country Music Association award for "Single of the Year" in 2003. In 1954, Cash and his first wife Vivian moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night, he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. Perkins and Grant were known as the Tennessee Two. Cash worked up the courage to visit the Sun Records studio, hoping to get a recording contract.[41] He auditioned for Sam Phillips by singing mostly gospel songs, only to learn from the producer that he no longer recorded gospel music. Phillips was rumored to have told Cash to "go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell". In a 2002 interview, Cash denied that Phillips made any such comment.[42] Cash eventually won over the producer with new songs delivered in his early rockabilly style. In 1955, Cash made his first recordings at Sun, "Hey Porter" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!", which were released in late June and met with success on the country hit parade. Passed in 2003

This a Nine Inch Nails written song. Cash sang this just before he died at 71. Nine Inch Nails just said this is now Johnnie’s song. It’s about his addiction that he quit cold with the help of his with June Carter Cash.

This was his good bye song. The dinner scene reminded me of Great Expectation. This song originally was about drug addiction but Johnny made it about life's regrets. Thank Rick Rubin for getting Johnny to record a final album

I think Johnny Cash started gaining popularity in the 50s. I don't remember him ever covering any song before this one. The NIN version must have touched him in a powerful way for him to not only remake the song, but to release it and make a video. Legendary.

Johnny's been doing music for over 50 years before his death I believe. And right up to when he died too.

This was his last video before he died. Stay Awesome

Best cover of all time! This is his song now!

1st of all I really enjoyed your reaction. Do not ever be ashamed of getting emotional especially in this song. Something about Johnny's voice and the video and everything about iT still chokes me up and brings me to tears like I can't Listen to the Listen to this song regularly without crying.. This was an original song by nine Inch nails Trent reznor. I believe Trent has been quoted to say that While he wrote the song he believes it's now Johnny's song. When he originally wrote the song he was coming from a really dark place having dealing with drugs and as a young disillusioned youth. Then Johnny comes in with the other end of the spectrum As an old man having Lived life and his feeling and version of this song just hit the correct cord!

His wife died May 15, 2003, Johnny Cash died September 12, 2003. Johnny died almost 4 months after June. Johnny gave his last concert on July 5, 2003

I've heard the song 300 times am I still tear up when I watch someone react to it.

Music is an exploration of life in all its aspects. That includes both laughter and tears.

You should really check out his live version of "The Man in Black". He performed it for the first time in front of an audience of college students. It will really show you who he was. This song, "Hurt", is a Nine Inch Nails original. When Trent Reznor was told Johnny wanted to release it, he was upset because it was such a personal song for him. When he heard Johnny's version, though, he not only allowed it, he said it was no longer his song, it was Johnny's alone.

I was born in 1954 and one of the first songs I sang as a very young girl was a Johnny Cash Song. He was around a long, long time. My dad and Johnny Cash were born a few months apart. It blows my mind to think I am almost the same age as Johnny Cash when he passed. RIP Man In Black.

Trent Rezner was initially furious when he found out that his label had started talks for Johnny Cash to cover 'Hurt' as the song was deeply personal for Rezner who had written about and, IIRC, during his own battles with addiction. When the initial recording was played for Rezner prior to release, he immediately approved.

Johnny Cash was the classic study of the war between the spirit and the flesh. A deeply devoted Christian who was trapped in addiction the majority of his career. In the end, everything he accumulated in his life he attributed to an "empire of dirt", the understanding that the only treasure that lasts is what is stored up in heaven. Most people will miss this tension in his performance of this song.

That overloaded table is part of 'my empire of dirt'. The riches, the awards, the fame. They all mean nothing when life is ending. Everyone with whom you shared memories is gone. You're right in one way. There's no one there to share in the feast. Actually, his wife was still living, but the symbolism fits the song and the feeling of emptiness as life draws to a close. Johnny worshipped his brother Jack who was two years older than him. When Jack was fourteen he was killed in a woodshop accident. One day when the dad was drinking he said it was too bad it was Jack and not Johnny. The death of the closest and most beloved member of his family was hard enough, but those words of his father's just heaped more misery on top. He blamed himself for not going with Jack to the shop and felt his dad blamed him as well. Most of his life was a reflection of that incident and the aftermath.

I'm 44 years old...this song makes me feel like the 10 year old me looking at the 80 year old me. Whenever I let the insignificant things in life get the best of me, I listen to this song, and there's no better reset button. I just see my wife and kids and remember, "they are the ones that are important, nothing else".

It hurts everytime I’ve watched it. Tears need wiping.

So, when Trent Reznor wrote this song in Nine Inch Nails, originally it was referring to drug addiction and it isolating you from loved ones. When Johnny Cash covered it he was speaking about getting old and being alone and the pain that comes with age. It was so deep and relatable in both situations. Cash wrote this very near his passing, I believe it was within a year. Amazing lyrics, wonderful reaction, Krizz!

This song has a long story, just like Johnny, the man in black. He knew all the stars, did all the drugs, but his heart was pure. Born to be wild, yet grounded in reality. RIP

Johnny Cash was, is and will always be his own genre and this cover of Trent Reznor's song is absolute proof of that. You can find dozens of reactions to this song where the reactor is reduced to tears.

That stabbing piano in the chorus outro of this piece is relentless

Nine Inch Nails was the original but once Johnny covered it, the writer/singer of Nine Inch Nails said it belonged to Johnny because he made it his own.

Can you imagine what it was like in 1954/55 when Elvis, Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and all those guys were touring around the south together? They all exploded into Icons none bigger than Elvis ofcourse but Johnny cash was my 2nd favorite behind him. I'd give almost anything to be able to go back in time and see that time period in music live.

When you know about his life, the pain he suffered and inflicted, and the point in his life he was at when he did this song it hits so much harder. I cry nearly every time, especially with the film clip.

I am 61, and he was part of my life from childhood until he passed. This was his final somg, This is a song about addiction, and I am 21 years sober, but this suns up the struggle of making amends of the shit you caused. I am glad he made this cover his own music. It is a cautionary tale and a healing one for us who have fallen getting back up hurts but it is the only foght worth having

The first time I’ve ever seen Krizz speechless. It’s that kind of song. If you don’t get emotional, you have no emotions. IJS

You don't have to be a longtime fan of Johnny Cash to be moved to tears. Yes, we are born to die: "it is the fate man was born for" as a poet said. Each life is worth some tears at the end. People aren't disposable. It is a tribute to humanity.

Word is he and his wife June are the ones that got country music out of mountain folks homes and on the radio.

Music is meant to be felt the way each person feels it. Never be ashamed of how a certain song makes you feel. His wife June Carter Cash (on the stairs) passed away shortly after this video was filmed. Johhny followed her several months later. I know Johnny Cash and Elvis both started out at Sun Records around the same time in the mid-50's.

Cash was one of the best at drawing you in, and he never lost that talent🎉 R.I.P to a legend 👏

The woman in the picture is his mom, the woman on the stairs is June his wife and this song is his last he died 2 or 4 months later.

When Johnny did this song, it represented his all of his failures he felt and lived through. Trent Reznor wrote the song. It’s so relatable to so many people

The most important things in life aren't *things* at all. If someone thinks about me once I leave this Earth and the memory makes them *smile* gently, then *that's* an accomplishment in itself.

I remember when he passed, he was the original Man in Black. Every Metalhead and Goth mourned his passing. Because we all recognize the kindred soul, he was one of the greatest

The passing of Johnny Cash was very emotional for me! After his passing, I listened to this song for months, sobbing every time.

Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song from the '90s. As far as I'm concerned, Johnny Cash owns this fucking song now!

The end "if i could start again, a million miles away. i would keep myself. i would find a way." That line gets me all the time. He would still fuck everything up (as he perceives he did). He would still lose everyone. He'd find a way to be himself, no matter space or time.

This was my Dad's favorite song in his end days. It spoke to him.

You hit this out of the park.. Nine Inch Nails said that after Jonny did this song it belonged to him. If this song doesn't hit you hard.. you need to look deep into yourself. This is true power in music.

I live in NE Nashville (Hendersonville) and am approximately 2 miles from Johnny’s grave site and about 4 miles from his old house. He’s still honored here in my little town as the legend he was and always will be. 🙏🏼

Great reaction. Men pretending not to feel emotions is not good for anyone. Appreciate the bravery in being real.

The song was written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. It's originally a lo-fi industrial song about heroin addiction and wanting to kill himself because of it. That's why there's the line "The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting." Johnny Cash didn't want to do the song originally afterr hearing it but upon going over the lyrics and song more he decided to cover it. He made the song his own thing. Instead of being about addiction, it becomes watching everything you had in your life dying and disappearing from your life. This song was released shortly before he died.

Back in the day, what made the artists stand out was a unique sound. Once they found 'the sound,' that became their signature sound. The Bee Gee's found their sound driving over an old wooden bridge. Johnny has been around since before I was born and I'm 64. He was the artist who broke many forbidden barriers. He performed with artists of all kinds from different genres of music. this was a compilation of Johnny's life. He struggled with pills early in his life. I think it was June Carter who saved him and brought him from out of depression. His song 'Why I Wear the Black' is another song that hits you right where it counts.

To best explain Johnny Cash, let him tell you himself. Listen to the song he wrote. It's called The Man In Black. I grew up listening to him, watching his TV show, his interviews. I love him as a singer and person. When he recorded this I knew he was telling us goodbye. It broke my heart

The closing of the piano feels like closing a casket. This song makes me cry every time.

There was a "pull" in the force when Johnny passed. I can't begin to describe this song. I only know when Johnny Cash performs it, it becomes him. And it wrings my heart. I miss the, "Man in Black". Thanks Krizz❤❤❤

I believe the lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, wrote and originally sang this but when he heard Johnny Cash’s version he said it was now Johnny’s song (paraphrase). Johnny sang this less than a year before he died, preceded just months before by his wife June Carter Cash who’s also in this video.

We are so lucky to have johnny for so long to begin with. I’m sure johnny didn’t think he would reach that age😮

It's old school now, but in my opinion you have a great voice for radio. Great respect for your honest reaction. This song cuts deep as a a sign off to a musical legend. RIP JC.

This was his farewell song. After closing the piano, he didn't work for the 7 months till his death. Which was 3 months after his wife June passed. She was having serious health issues, but she came down to check on Johnny to make sure he didn't overdo it and exhaust himself. Someone asked her to stay and be in the shot.

This song always makes me cry..thinking of all the people I've lost over the last forty years..😢

This song and video is absolutely heartbreaking. You're not alone in feeling emotional listening to it!

That’s how a legend says goodbye! RIP Man in Black

Johnny is the best!! Deep amazing catalog. That’s his wife in the video. She passed before the video was released. This song will hit you right in your feelings. 😢

The feast in the end of his days, which was brought from years of living a tough life, and now "at the end", he has it all, but he's all alone. Was it worth it? That's the question he's debating, because in the end, all he has is his empire of dirt, which doesn't mean anything. However you interpret it, it's a soul searching song. (And the fact he's singing it near his end, just makes it that much more poignant) Salute Sir, Salute.

That's what Johnny does, he makes you feel things. This isn't a tug at the heartstrings song. It grabs them an yanks them out

I discovered this song about 2 weeks after my daddy died in 2018. I hadn’t listened to much music for nearly 30 years. But I grew up listening to Johnny Cash and he was my dad’s favorite. One night I was feeling melancholy as we do and asked Alexa or Google to play Johnny Cash and this was the first song. Definitely fit my mood! Great reaction-yes I think most of us feel it in our souls when this song is played.

Ngl, its pretty amazing to have a guy with Krizz's talent and body of work reacting to music. It still feels so special

Johny covered the song so well, Trent from Nine Inch Nails (who wrote the song) said, this song is now yours.

The story I heard was, the person who wrote the song HURT, was asked about what he thought about Johnny Cash's version. To paraphrase the response, he said 'the song no longer belongs to me, it belongs to Johnny Cash now' because he was so impressed and moved.

This video plays on repeat at the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. Almost everyone who sits through it struggles to fight the tears.