here's abc's ashan singh. >> help me with the back of it. >> yeah. >> reporter: when they were in thee, missy jenkins smith and best friend kelly hardsip's lives changed forever. >> it's a struggle in the morning. i feel like my body's ready to go, that's when i finally get myself start getting dressed. i also have to cath, i have to do that first. >> reporter: they're some of the first survivors of what would become an american epidemic. back in 1997, before columbine, newtown, parkland, and uvalde, what happend to missy and other students at heath high school was unthinkable. >> this is such a serious situation that changed my life forever. and others that i love. >> the parole hearing and their decision is going to be another part of that struggle. >> reporter: missy is speaking to the kentucky parole board, who will soon decide whether the gunman, michael carneal, will become the first school shooter ever to be released on parole. >> thank you for joining us today in the matter of michael carneal, inmate 151127. >> reporter: carneal's bullets killed nicole hadley, jessica james, k

here's abc's ashan singh. ♪ >> jamie lee, right here!reams, this is a moment 44 years in the making. jamie lee curtis is saying farewell to the role that ignited her hollywood career and immortalized her as horror royalty. >> come on, let's go. >> you ready to say good-bye to the "halloween" trilogy? >> yes, i am. i've sent laurie strode off with a big farewell party, and of course, when i die, it will say like it did with my mother, "psycho actress dies," it will say "halloween actress dies." i'm in full acceptance and pride of that. >> reporter: in film after film curtis as strode facing off against the methodical killer michael myers in the "halloween" franchise. the original, an ultimate final role. >> i think her biggest legacy and my biggest legacy, of course, i'm laurie strode. forever. is that she never gave up. and never giving up -- that's a powerful legacy. >> reporter: earlier this month, the last installment of the "halloween" trilogy, "halloween ends" hitting number one at the box office. since the creation of cinema, there

here's abc's ashan singh. >> people are doing, like, not so great things right now. >> reporter: kevinearing up for the fight of his life. >> you say lyrics, i say our culture's on trial. i think it's a very slippery slope. >> reporter: the music industry veteran is on a mission to stop prosecutors from using rap lyrics to put artists behind bars. >> we will protect black art by any means necessary, like it's my family because it's my family. >> reporter: that's what he's doing in the aftermath of the arrest of young thug and gunna, two of his biggest stars. ♪ >> reporter: as the former president of def jam recordings, lyles has helped launch the careers of artists like ll cool j and run-dmc, megan thee stallion, mary j. blige. now the ceo of electric entertainment is teaming up with stars like jay-z, meek mill, and kelly rowland. all now pushing for new laws to protect musicians. >> targeted things that are happening right now, it's really against hip-hop and black art. in my kobe bryant voice, it's just not done. >> it's not new, whether outlaw country music or rap music. but rap is