DMX showed up at The Breakfast Club’s studio early this morning looking more hardcore than ever, and he gave a rare and very honest interview about his new album and all things hip-hop. He revealed that he’s harboring some bad feelings toward Jay-Z because he believes Jay used his position at Def Jam to get rid of X in order to get to the top. And when X started talking about the state of hip-hop and some artist he’s worked with lately, the crew started dropping names to get his opinions. That’s when things got really interesting because, apparently, DMX hates almost everything about Drake. And he thinks all Rick Ross talks about is weed and food, and he’s not with that.
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On what happened after he sold millions of records and then everything just stopped
Yall know the story already, “You used to be my dog, you was on my left titty. Screamed ride or die. Thought you would die with me.”What happened was I had the crazy track record with Def Jam. Everything was good. I go to do the sixth album and [Jay-Z] takes over. When he first got the job, he hit me with the call like ,”Yo dog? Inmates is runnin the building. You good!” Finished the album. Shoot the video … What happened? Go on vacation and, “Yo…we don’t know…” What you mean you don’t know? How do you listen to a whole album, pick a single, shoot a video, then don’t know? Hmm…I see what’s really good. You trying to eliminate the competition. Cause at first you retired. Then, get me off the label. Now, you back rappin’ again. Okay.On Drake
No. I don’t like anything about Drake. I don’t like his voice. I don’t like what he talks about. I don’t like his face. I don’t like the way he walks. Let me shut up. Imma stop right there.On Rick Ross
Rick Ross looks more like Biggie. I’m just not impressed. Real talk, man. I’m just not impressed. He just talks about eatin’ and girlfriends too much. How much can a ni–a eat? How much weed can you smoke? I know you got the Maybach. You got the Aston Martin. Okay. Good for you.On Who impresses DMX right now?Me. J. Cole is nice. I heard his first song on the radio before I even knew who he was like, “Dang, who’s that?”On The rumors that he almost signed with Maybach Music GroupI got a letter while I was in prison like, “Yo, we’ll send a limo for you…” da da da. I appreciated the offer and all that, but I really couldn’t see it happening like that.
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