DMX News

 

Welcome to my news page.  As you may know, DMX news reports are few and far between, but when there is something to report you can guarantee it'll be on this page.  Check out some slightly older news below.

 

October 2002:

.DMX recently spoke about his drug problem- an addiction to cocaine, but says that he is working hard to beat the habit. DMX also threw out claims that Ja Rule is homosexual, releasing this satetment...

"Some ni**a that was stylin his clothes for one of them shows got him ecstasy'd up and f***ed him. Ja-Rule is f***in ni**as I'm telling you dog! On my momma! The ni**a told me that himself," DMX said referring to the stylist. "You talkin bout me, you can't be serious! For all them homo ni**as out there that want some d**k, give ya man Ja-Rule some ecstasy and he'll f**k you."

.DMX seems to have unearthed his beef with Ja Rule which started over 2 years ago when he speculated plans to record an anti Ja Rule single. Ja Rule, however, claims that he is not up for battling, and is set to focus upon his music. The following statement implies that the beef has always been rather one-sided

"I never had a confrontation with DMX, He's always had a [problem] with me. Since the beginning of my career, I ignored it. I felt my way of answering him was to be very successful and that would hurt him the most. So I blasted off and now he's back again and he's mad again 'cause of my success."

The beef started when Ja Rule was still a relative newcomer, and was victim to claims that he had copied DMX 's style

"These days I'm celebrated for having my own style," he said. "And there are a lot of people out there following what I do now, but you don't hear me saying, 'This person's biting my style,' because it's not about that. We all take from each other. B.B. King said it the best, we all take from each other and make it better and that's how music is made."

Not only is Ja Rule uninterested in rivalries with other rappers, he's actually striving for unity within the rap community. He and Irv Gotti recently invited Nas into the Murder Inc. fold, and a remix of "The Pledge" will appear on both Ja's and Nas' upcoming albums. In addition, an upcoming video for the song might feature Death Row Records kingpin and controversial figure Suge Knight.