Drink Champs - Episode 257 - DMX Tribute Episode

Episode Date: April 16, 2021

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode, we celebrate the life of the iconic DMX.Earl Simmons better known to the world as DMX passed away April 9th, 2021. In this episode, we share some of our favorite stories and moments of X. The Drink Champs Family would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of DMX. 💐 💐 💐 Listen and subscribe at http://www.drinkchamps.com Follow Drink Champs:http://www.instagram.com/drinkchampshttp://www.twitter.com/drinkchampshttp://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps DJ EFNhttp://www.crazyhood.comhttp://www.instagram.com/whoscrazyhttp://www.twitter.com/djefnhttp://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions N.O.R.E.http://www.instagram.com/therealnoreagahttp://www.twitter.com/noreaga Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But when you talk about countless, I feel like this is like the first hood nigga that had two number ones in the first year. Like Britney Spears didn't even do shit like that. This man has brung people to this game, had made executives, had made record labels. Because of this man, record labels have survived. Record labels have thrived. This guy right here is what you call a legend's legend. There's nobody in hip hop I could ever think of This guy right here is what you call a legends legend.

There's nobody in hip hop I could ever think of that don't have love for this guy that I'm talking about right here. He's a humble guy, he's a real guy, and he's a man of his word. And his accolades is through the roof. But we're going to talk about that in the show. In case you motherfuckers is living under the rock and you don't know who the hell I am talking about, we are talking about my friend, D-The-Motherfucking-Head!

D-Champ's alumni, by the way. D-Champ's alumni. Thank you for being here, man. We know you don't do interviews, man. Thank you, man. Thank you. Thank you, brother. Let's get straight to the point, man. First, let me say that.

How I fuck with this kid. How I fuck with my man right here. N-O-R-E. But now we on the run, Ian. I was able to better understand how my music could influence people to the point where they will tell me that a song might have saved their life

because one of his songs saved mine thank you man save mine you told me that earlier listen i'm gonna get this out there the first time i ever met dmx i feel like i got a DMX story now. You got a DMX story. This right now is a DMX story. Yes, yes. It's very hard to get the dog. One of many.

One of many. One of many. But listen, the first time I met him. Not because I'm hard to reach, but because I don't fuck with clowns. You know what I mean? I don't, you know. So we certified right now. Let's make some noise for being certified.

Three hands to certify. Yo, DMX, the first time I ever met you, man, it was in Bad Eerie Studios. Your dog walked in our session. When he walked in the session, I believe one of my friends kicked him or pushed him. Oh, no, they didn't kick him. The dog would have bit him.

Yeah, the dog would have bit him. That's a fact. They acted unfavorably. But the dog came back to you, and the first words you ever said to me when you walked in the room, you was like, y'all niggas don't like dogs? And I was like,

holy shit. I acknowledge you. I acknowledge you first. Real recognize you. I acknowledge you first. Yo, what up? Yo, niggas don't like dogs? What's the problem? Right, right, right. He didn't have LL

54321. You ain't had none of that. I might have had that. The Mike Girardi one, Joey? Yep, yep. What's all the noise about?

Yeah. Have some respect. The fuck up. Drop out. Money, dope, and shit. Go back to Trevor.

So X, we live in the broadcast. There's noise in the background. I don't care. Right, right. We need that. That's how you know it's live,

baby. That's how you know it's live. So listen, you were the first dude to drop two albums that both went platinum in the same year. The first, yes. How the fuck did that happen? Bring us through that.

What happened was, by the time I got my deal, I felt like I was vindicated. I was like, yes, finally. That's a big word. Finally. I felt like it was owed to me. Big mistake on my behalf, but that's another story. But an offer was made to me that if I could, after I dropped my first album, an offer was made to me that if I was able to drop another album or record another album within 30 days, that I'd get a million dollars.

This is your first time having a million, correct? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You had a million or something. First time I was offered a million. Offered a million. I didn't have a million by then. I mean, like I said, I dropped two albums at the same time. Now, what was the first album?

What was the name of it again? It's Dark and Hell is Hot. And then, it wasn't Flesh and My Blood. It's Dark and Hell is Hot. Flesh and My Blood. Flesh and My Blood. Flesh and My Blood. Then there was X.

Got niggas like, what's next? And getting great impression. Can we go back to the podcast? But you was on Rough House before that. I got signed With a single Rough House Columbia Yes Oh man

That's history Yeah Rough House Columbia That was like end of 80s Late 80s Early 90s That was mid 90s How sick was

Rough House Columbia After you dropped Two platinum Let's just say Fuck Rough House Columbia Right That was before I dropped Before anything just say fuck Rough House Columbia. Right. That was before I dropped anything but platinum. Fuck Rough House Columbia.

They fucked up. They fucked up. They dropped the ball. They had X. They had X. But they decided me as a tax write-off. They signed me for one single. After we put the single out, it had a little momentum, a little push.

And they picked it up, but didn't put anything behind it Okay, cool Now let me tell you, I know what I'm capable of I know what I'm going to do And I'm glad I bought the locks to Rough Riders You bought the locks to Rough Riders Yeah, I bought the locks to Rough Riders I bought E to Rough Riders

Drag, drag, they met And I kind of co-signed I signed his a release papers. And drag from Yonkers, too? Drag from the Bronx. Okay, okay. Yes. Okay.

Yeah. So DMX, we got DMX in the building. Yeah. I'm so thankful because you know what the crazy shit is. You know what I had to tell X? I had to keep it real with X. I said, yo, X, the inmates is really running the building. Because last time somebody told you the inmates was running the building, you was disappointed.

I'm grateful for the way you phrased it. Last time someone told me inmates were running the building inmates wasn't really running the building. But you never was on Rikers Island with him so you didn't know. Not with him. You for sure know. In our mind we was on Rikers Island. Not with him. I wasn't on. I don't even think I ever been to Rikers Island. That nigga? Nah. He was on when he bought it. I'll talk to you about it.

Now we have Murder Mookook on here, right? Huh? Murda Mook said that he seen you battle a dude on Linux Avenue. Oh shit, this is the best story. And he said that you trained your dog to do ad-libs. Like... Is this a myth? Definitely an urban legend.

Urban legend, yeah. It's an urban legend? Urban legend like a murder. Listen, I'm not going to lie, Axe. Definitely an urban legend. Is it an urban legend? Urban legend like a murderer. Listen, I'm not going to lie, Axe. He said that the dog comes up and says, It says, It says,

And he said, tell ma, let's get him. But you did it, I can't think of where the move was from. I'm never going to. He could have made that up Maybe I was already rapping the dog ground of a digital and we're a total quarter rhyme Big thing where yeah, oh and that vertical set the same season. Yo, I see DMX have his dog And I cuz we said is that I see DMX have the most legendary battle and I stopped him immediately I said was a dog involved and he said yes, and then he gives me a story. So I'm gonna give you a story man. Let's go. Let's go I'm running shit. So I think I like DMX real shit. I watch DMX Shout out to my man didn't say

DMX you he lived in around our hood like they have put him put him in his building to, you know, chill out for. He had dogs. He had his dog, right? Right. So he battling on the corner now. Mind you, battling all the niggas around me, right? Oh, no, he battled Deng?

He battled Deng on the block, on the 121st, right? 7th Avenue. I don't even understand how classic that is, but good. Right. He battled him, and the the nigga he just said like uh, huh? Also the fighting and the disorder member the falls to the like you some all the like you be pet Take my dog. She might bite you and in the dog he go and in the dog She might bite you.

Something with them. And then the dog growls, he's like, and then he's like, chill, mom, let me get him. There you go. Look, look, look, look, listen to me. Listen to me, listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me.

He a hype man, but it was a dog. Yo, listen to me. So you say that could've happened. That could've happened. But it wasn't planned. There you go. Holy moly guacamole. that could have happened. That could have happened. But it wasn't planned. There you go. Holy moly guacamole. That's even better.

That's even better. That's even better. Yeah, I kept a dog with me. I kept a dog with me. Kept a dog with me, man. I love dogs. I like dogs more than people. You love dogs more than people?

More than people. I don't need that. Can you break that down for us? A dog doesn't know how to lie to you. Dog doesn't know how to be fake. It is what it is. You know what I'm saying? If you shit, he's going to be, yeah, yeah.

But you could catch a dog taking a shit, hit him with the newspaper, and then somebody knock on the door. And then he'll be like, pause and ass whooping. Let's address this situation. Right. And he'll be ready to kill for you right after you whoop his ass. That's unconditional love. Unconditional love, yo. It's very true. Let me just say that for a second.

For those people that don't know, DMS is really a dog whisperer. He had my little dog. He was like,. I'm like, what the fuck? He had my dog. He moved. He was like that.

My dog is the size of the mic. So how did you develop your love for dogs? I used to steal dogs. That was like, you know, a little nigga too. You know what I mean? Gain the dog's confidence, you know what I'm saying? Pet him. Because like I said, you get friendship.

And then I don't know if I told you this, but there was one time when I stole a dog, huge, pit bull, massive head, and I got in the house about maybe 5, 36 o'clock in the morning, and you know, probably just got the linoleum floors, and they got the dog with the bell in his collar, he like, and scratch the floor, and I'm like, get that motherfucker out of here,

like, ah, it took me like three, four hours to steal this motherfucker. I'm not just gonna give him away, like, you serious? You mean, like, that four hours to steal this motherfucker. I'm not just going to give him away. Are you serious? That's the whole time. Right. Right. And I'm like, get out of here now.

All right. I went and refrigerated it to two hot dogs. We went up to the roof. And you know how on top of the roof is that extra structure that leads to the elevator shaft. You know what I'm saying? That little tiny building that's on top of the roof is that extra structure that leads to the elevator shaft. You know what I'm saying? That little tiny building that's on top of the roof.

So I tied him to the step. I sat there with him ahead of my lap. You know what I'm saying? Gave him a hot dog. I had a hot dog. Fell asleep.

You know what I mean? Me and this man woke me up and tapped my foot. So y'all got to get to the elevator. I'm like, your dog won't let me by. Oh wow. I'm like, wow. He woke up while you were sleeping.

RJ was kept real with this nigga. You know what I mean? Gave him half what I had and stayed there. You know what I mean? Because he laid his head on my lap. You're saying that's the first time you developed a love for a dog. That was dope.

That's when I knew it was like, fuck people. Give me a dog. The loyalty's different. Nah, I don't even know a dog's name. I named him Bully, some shit like that. I just stole him, so I obviously didn't know his name. New friendships. Yeah, yeah, he was a the dog's name. I named him Bully, some shit like that. I just stole him, so I obviously didn't know his name. New friendships. Yeah, yeah, he was a good dog, man.

I ended up bringing him back. Wow. Yep, I brought him back. To the people. Yep. Oh, wow. I said, yo, I seen him walking down the street. I'm like, not this one. You ain't telling him I stole his shit. No, no, no, I'm not giving this,

I'm not letting this dog go. They don't even make sense. They don't even make sense. How about, what's your relationship with cats? I don't like cats. That's a good question. I don't like cats at all. I just said the verse, you know what I'm saying? Something, something over.

Cats that play in the street get ran over. You know what I mean? Have you ever had a cat or been in a cat's vicinity? Yes. When I first met my girl turning to be my wife, the first year, she had a cat. But I had a dog. I was like,

they don't get along. Something's going to get them. And what happened was, she was at work one day, and the dog chased the motherfucking cat into the closet. And the whole type of shit

falling in the box and moving around. And, oh, I called her job. She used to have a job at Big New York. I called her and said, yo,

you just told the cheerer that Brittany's dead. Kathy and Britney? Holy moly, wow. Yo, she said she came back from the back or something, and the whole office was looking at her crazy, and the man was like, will you step in here for a minute?

And it was like, yo, um... You didn't say it was a cat, they don't know this. No, I didn't say it was a cat. Oh, the whole thing was a body that's happening. I mean, it's the truth. Yo, she was like, yeah, it was like, yo, Brittany's dead. She's like, she caught us. She's just, she's about to say my cat. She calls it like, oh, okay. Okay.

One really everything. Yeah, I got you. I'm going to keep it real. We got got you I got you I'm gonna keep it real We got like 3 million subscribers I'm lying But It's all good Can you pray for the people

Cause I told people I told people that you pray for everybody And listen Pray for us Listen Whenever DMX open a church I'm gonna be the first attended Church

DMX church Can you pray for the people please And then we'll go to Club Passion. Pray for us, man. Bow your heads, motherfucker. Man. Father God, we thank you for this gathering of souls.

The word says that when two or more gather in your name with your presence, we thank you for your presence. We ask that your grace and blessings are upon us this evening. We pray that any obstacle the devil plans to place on our path will be removed in the name of Jesus. We thank you for the things that are blessings, things that most people take for granted. The air that we have to breathe, the food we have to eat, the cars we have to drive, the clothes we have to wear, the money we have to spend, the lives we've touched, and the lives that have touched our own.

When was the last time somebody said, thank you, God, for this air? But without that air that you didn't thank God for, how long could you live? I'm talking to somebody. I pray that you guide our steps, that you have your will, have your way in our lives. For we didn't make us, so we don't know what to do with us. We humble ourselves before you. We humble ourselves before you. We praise your name and give you the glory. We praise ourselves before you. We humble ourselves before you. We praise

your name and give you the glory. We praise your name and give you the glory. The word says no weapon formed against the shop prosper. The word don't say the weapon won't be formed. The word doesn't say the intention of the weapon maker won't be to harm you. The word don't say that the weapon maker won't attempt to use it. What the word says is no weapon formed against the shop prosper. So no matter what use it. What the word says is, no weapon for me against Bishop Roswell. So no matter what they think, no matter what they do, no matter what they try, oh, it don't matter. Because when God is for you, who can be against you?

When God is for you, who can be against you? When God is for you, who can be against you? We have so much power in the spoken word. We have so much power in the spoken word. We have so much power in the spoken word. And there's angels that are waiting to be released on our behalf. But unless we release them with the spoken word, then they will stand there and watch the devil destroy us. They will watch him destroy us because they have not been released.

All we got to do is have knowledge of the word and use the word. The only weapon we need is the word. The only weapon we need is the word. Again, the word says my people perish for lack of knowledge. We die because of what we don't know.

So God, may you remind us. May you remind us of what we need to say when we need to say it. May you remind us of how we need to say When we need to say it May you remind us of how much power there is in the word We praise your name And give you the glory We thank you We even thank you for our mishaps

We thank you for our curses Because you know what Sometimes the blessing will be found in the curse Sometimes the blessing will be found in the curse Sometimes we won't know what God is willing to do for us, even though we know what he's capable of doing. Sometimes we don't know what he's willing to do for us until we get to the point where we need him to do it for us.

So we say thank you for that. We say thank you. We say thank you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Make some fucking noise for DMX, man. The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network,

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Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The person that blew me away the most was Prince. See, I was going to ask you if you had a Prince story. I'm so sorry. We'll get back to her. Yo, it, it, it, it. Excuse me, what did you just say, sir? Prince.

Okay, all right, all right. By the way. Yeah, by far, that's like. What happened? Well, I'm in Toronto filming Exit Woods. And, you know, we would go out at night. And I'm still like, I'm a rap artist, you know what I'm saying? So I'm on Toronto filming Exit Worlds. And you know, we would go out at night. I'm still like, I'm a rap artist, you know what I'm saying? So I'm on my rap shit.

So whatever filming we do, there's always a after. What are we doing afterwards? There's always a what are we doing afterwards? Even though I couldn't really afford to do that, you know, I had to be back in the center a certain time, but we put that shit later. What are we doing tonight, nigga? You know what we're doing tonight, nigga.

We're at the clubs, you know what I mean? And Toronto got so many beautiful women. Oh my god It was just like this is real like that. Like you know and um, we had a club and Press comes in big security guard. We'll decide whatever he's like Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Everybody who didn't know Prince, but would kind of make fun of the heels. And the butt, and the ass out. The ass out. Shit like that. Yo, this nigga, you Prince type nigga? What?

We call Prince niggas that. Oh, you Prince type nigga? Did you meet this nigga? Max, be careful what you're about to say. It was Prince Gangsta. Prince Gangsta. Oh my God! Who the fuck they doing?

Prince was Gangsta. So what was Prince like? First of all, he was a deep voice when he told me, like, command brother. He did! I'm coming! He used a deep voice. He had the high voice. He had a security, like, one of these tables, like, push it up, you know what I'm saying? And we sit over here, and he pretty much backed half the club up with the table and gave us our space.

Wow. And talked to me for about maybe an hour. We sit over here and he pretty much backed half the club up with the table and gave us our space and talked to me for about maybe an hour in the club. Wild music is playing. About owning your masters. He explained how to, gave you the symbol. Yeah, he was all about. I was fucked up. I was fucked up for a while behind that.

That's ill, man. This is real. Listen, by the way, we love Prince because of that, but then Nas sat here and said, and Nas said that he wanted to do, and I said,

Nas, anybody have a friend of you doing a song that you want to do a song with? And they said no. And he said, nah, no one ever said that. Then he stopped himself.

He said, yes, I'm lying. He didn't say he's lying. He said, I miss somebody. And I said, who? He said Prince. He said Prince came to him and Nas came to. He said, I miss somebody. And I said, who? He said, Prince. He said Prince came to him and Nas came to him and said, I want to do a song with you. And Prince said, do you own your masters?

And he said, Nas did not own his masters. So he said, I can't do a record with you because I want you to own it. I don't want these people to eat on it. How crazy is Prince to say that back then? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He explained the symbol and everything. Yeah, that's why he did the symbol. You said that to back then. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He explained the symbol and everything. Yeah, that's why he did the symbol. Right. To get away from those contracts.

You got on your master's brother. Yeah. But to me, I'm just. What level is life with DMX at? Like I said, this is. This is after the two albums dropped. You're a movie star of DMX. After two albums, yeah.

You're moving. I actually. Oh, no. Because I did my third album in Cali with Crayon to the Grave, but this is Eggsy Wounds. I think I was right after my second album. I was like, you know what I mean? You were at a height. And you, Def Jam's number one.

Yep. Like there's nobody else in that building. That is DMX building at this time. That's it. And so Puss went like this. Hey brother. Yep, yep, and sat down in the school with me. I felt like a little kid.

In a good way. I felt like my grandfather smacked the shit to school me. I felt like a little kid in a good way. I felt like No bad way for your grandfather You didn't respect them. You didn't respect them. To Prince. To Prince, God damn it. To Prince. OG. DMX, what's going on my brother? How you doing? Hey there, we over here about to record DreamTent. You still around? Yeah.

All right, if you want to come and have a drink, we in Racket, the same place. I have Mr. Lisa in your address. Yeah, and then I'm going to dinner afterwards, so if you want to roll, let me know. All right, I'm on board. All right. You know what? I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym.

I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I have Mr. Lee in your address. Yeah, and then I'm going to dinner afterwards, so if you wanna roll, let me know. Oh, all right, I'm on roll. All right.

DMX is the most normalist in your next exam. I'm gonna put this in your car. I'm gonna put this in your car. Listen, listen, listen. They sent it out to you. You said that was good? Cool.

I sent it to them, they didn't say nothing. They take it out, so I'm just gonna leave it there. Fuck it, let's just leave it. But this is the most normalist DMX has ever been. Like, he's a normal guy right now. I had a crazy DMX. You don't wanna go back to him. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I never told nobody. All right, cuz listen. Hold it, hold it. Don't tell us nothing right now. Don't tell us nothing.

Listen. That's what the fuck Dream Jet is about. I'm gonna change this subject for one moment because this has gotta be the last question because this is too much. This is too much. It's so great. That was amazing, bro.

When we walked in, we were talking about DMX. That's some real shit, bro. And you said to me, you got a DMX store. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got to get that out. And this is absolutely

the last question. Yo, DMX store. So I'm in Virginia. We had this club called 24 South Union. Might have been called Flavus. Scram, come on. Scram, come on. Scram, stop playing.

And DMX has a show. I'm opening up. You know, niggas still throwing me a bag for opening up. DMX comes up. And this was before, right before he had a case. I don't want to bring this up, but I'm going to have to because it makes sense for the story. Somebody say he raped him or whatever, whatever. I think he ended up getting cleared. But it was a girl. I don't want to bring this up, but I'm going to have to because it makes sense for the story. Somebody say he raped him

or whatever, whatever. I think he ended up getting cleared. But it was a girl. I was like, yo, he took it. DMX had a case. I go,

I did the show. I fucking go to the airport the next morning. Me, my baby mom, my daughter. DMX is white hot at the time. Oh, yeah. Mind you,

he's fucking insane. This is the year he had two albums go number one the time oh yeah my champion he's fucking insane this is the year he had to album number one the same I get to the hope I get to the airport I get to the gate fucking DMX at the gate chill I just opened up for him so I know you know why I'm like yo, what's good, my nigga? I'm like, oh, shit, what's up? He's like, bro, killed that shit last night, you know what I mean? Just a thing.

That's a good introduction. I was like, yo, thank you, ex. He's like, yo, you know what I mean? Like, you going to New York? I said, yeah, I got a meeting up at Raucous or whatever, wherever I'm going. Like, yo, that's good shit, man.

Like, hey, fuck with your shit, my nigga. I'm like, dog, we get to the, we at the gate. We sitting there chilling. I don't want to cry with a nigga. He by himself. Like, I'm going to add him as security guard, maybe a DJ. Fucking, the plane gets canceled.

They like, flights canceled to JFK. Like, yo, what the fuck? He calling motherfuckers. Yo, I need to be on the next thing. Like, I'm about to do this shit You know I gotta be on set They like yo Whatever whatever

This is Virginia This is Virginia Richmond Virginia airport DMX goes I call my baby moms Like yo Come back and get me

The flight delayed To like 5 Me and DMX At the airport 11am I said yo The flight delayed To 5 Come back and get me She like I'm about to get 11am. I said, yo, the flight delayed till 5. Come back

and get me. She like, I'm about to get on the highway. I said, yo, circle back, come get me. She got my daughter in the car. Fucking, she comes back. She like, I'm out front. DMX like, yo, what you about to do? I said, yo, man, my baby mom's here. I'm about to just go fucking waste some time until fucking 5 p.m. Yo, I'm going to roll. My baby mom had a Ford Expedition. My baby mom had a Ford Expedition. My baby mom got a Ford Expedition. My daughter is in the back seat, in the child seat. She comes back around the loop.

He tells his DJ or whoever, yo, I'll be back. They're like, damn, all right, hey, she gonna leave us? He's like, yo, good. I'm fucking with Skip. My baby moms comes around, me and DMX.

I get in the passenger seat. DMX gets in the passenger seat beside my daughter. I go, yo, X, this is my baby mom. Yo, how you doing? passenger seat, DMX gets in the passenger seat beside my daughter. I go, yo, X, this my baby mom, yo, how you doing? She's like, oh, fuck. It's DMX.

He's like, yo, how you doing, love? She's like, hey, what's up? I'm like, my daughter's sitting there. I'm old, I'm old, I'm old. My daughter, she's old enough. She's three, maybe four. I said, yo,

you hungry? He said, yeah, let's get some to eat. I'm like, I bet. True story. We stop at a KFC.

We go to KFC. It wasn't even Kentucky Fried Chicken because I don't even know if they was calling this shit chicken at this point. They just called it KFC. No,

in Virginia, it's just KFC. It's the Colonel. We don't have Kennedy. Nah, they ain't done with Kennedy. We get to the fucking, me and DMX walk into the fucking KFC. I'm like, yo, let me get a 12-piece. The girl is standing there

like, I know y'all niggas. She looking at X, she looking at me. I'm like, yo, let me get a 12-piece, you know what I'm saying, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, and let me get some biscuits.

Can I get some hot sauce? She's like, yeah, sure. She's like, what do you have? X goes, yo, I want to get, I want to get an eight-piece, no skin. She goes, what? Eight piece, no skin on my chicken.

She's like, you know. She said, you don't want no skin on your chicken? No skin? Original. Original. She goes, she goes, she done heard his voice. She goes, she done heard his voice, she goes, oh shit, oh my god, Kenesha,

oh shit, Kenesha, Jamel, come here. What'd she say you were again? A-piece? No scam. Nigga, we get a 12 piece We get a 12 piece and an A-piece, two mashed potatoes, two fucking cocoslops.

I hope there was no skin on that motherfucker. Nigga, the food comes out, she's like, oh my god, it's him, it's him. He's like, yo, appreciate you. She's like, alright. Nigga, we eat the chicken in the car. We're riding around, I don't know what the fuck to do till 5pm. With DMX. With DMX.

I'm just telling my baby mom, yo, just ride around. Yo, my nigga, that's Ivory's. That's just Broad Street. You're doing a tour. This the main spot where niggas come to

just to let out. Like, nigga, we go back to the airport after the club. I mean, after the fucking, after riding around, my baby mom, it's like my daughter's wild.

She recognized his voice. You know what I'm saying? From Get At Me, Dog. Get At Me, Dog was insane at the time. My daughter's like, oh. She's tripping because she knows this voice. We get to the airport. Back to the airport.

Back to the airport. DMX gets on the plane. I get on the plane. Small ship. We flying from Richmond to Virginia. Small ship. 16 passengers. Quick, quick flight. Going to JFK. Virginia. Small shit. 16 passengers. Quick, quick flight.

Going to JFK. Virginia to New York. Yeah, quick. 40 minute flight. Yeah. I'm on a plane with fucking DMX and all these fucking businessmen that work in Virginia but live in New York. Ties, suits, the whole shit.

I'm flying to fucking New York. JFK with DMX. We in 2A, 2B. Ain't no first class because all this shit's small. The nigga like, yo, what's good with you? I said, you know, I'm chilling.

I'm about to do this movie and shit. Fucking with hype. I said, word, what is it? Now, I don't know what you're going to call it. Nas is in it. You know what I mean? Nas is in it. Fucking T-Boz.

Shit's going to be crazy. I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed I'm embarrassed Cause I'm like It's me DMX And 12 white businessmen This motherfucker's on the plane Yeah you know what I mean

X is fucking shooting You know what I mean My name is Nas You know what I mean That bitch T-Boz You know what I mean And I'm just like Yo he talking so crazy He tells me the whole You know what I mean? That bitch T-Boss. You know what I mean?

And I'm just like, yo, he talking so crazy. He tells me the whole premise of the movie. Nah, it's like two niggas, you know what I'm saying? They get money. One nigga in the game. One nigga not trying to win the game. You know what I mean? And then, you know what I mean?

At the end, the nigga, they try to get the nigga to assassinate, you know what I mean, one of the reverends. Nigga won't do it, you know what I mean. Now it's with Africa. You know what I mean? It's a nigga named Bunz. Nigga named Bunz. And I'm just sitting there like, yo, why you so loud?

I fly to JFK, we land, fucking DMX says, yo, you know what I mean, I see you skilled, you know what I mean, V.A. all day, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what

I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what I mean, you know what we land, fucking DMX says, yo, you know what I mean, I see you skills, you know what I mean, you V.A. all day, you know what I mean, I fuck with you. Then Belly comes out and I'm like, that's the movie he was talking about. Oh, you didn't, because yeah, you had no reference point.

Buns, it's the nigga named Buns. So it sounds crazy, dude. You know what I mean, it's the nigga named Buns, it's T-Bots and the shit, you know what I mean, Method Man and the shit, you know what I mean? Method Man in the shit, you know what I mean? And I'm just like, nigga explaining this shit so well to me. And then Belly comes out. Let's take a shot for that.

Let's take a shot for that. Yo, you beat my man to poop. I ain't like that. I ain't like that. Ain't nobody got a game yet. Bust his ass. Well, this is 1998. And yo, all rest in peace, big fun.

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most crowded of markets. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So how did you feel a lot of people when Pac passed and then you came to the scene? A lot of people

compared you. They compared you. How was he when he died? No, no. They compared you. How did you feel to that comparison? Some people get offended.

Some people... I used to correct people as plainly as I could. They'd be like, oh, you like the next pop? I'm like, no, I'm the first ex. They would say that.

That's great. They would say that. Oh, you like the next pop? I'm like, no, I'm not the next anything. I'm the first. That's a friend. I mean,

and it's crazy because I actually had a chance to see pop. Oh, where? Walking. I never met pop. We stayed at... Oh, my God. So, where? Walking. I never met Pop. He stayed at, oh my God. Le Mans?

He was on Hammond Way off Sunset in L.A. Oh, okay. That hotel. Okay. And I saw him. He was a cool dude. He seemed cool. Now, what year was this?

Do you remember the year? I'd say like 97? Six. Oh, wow. Wow. You met real Pop. Yeah. You met real Six. Oh, wow. Wow. You met real pop. Yeah. You met real pop.

Walking by yourself. You got 97, right? Maybe 95. Maybe 95. Dre Borders out there. Dre Borders out there. And he walked past and I seen him. My man said, what up?

What up? What up? Cool dude. You know? I said, what up? I'm like, what up? What up? Cool dude. But I think, I think, and speaking as favorably as I can for someone who's passed, someone who can't defend themselves. Right. I think part of the problem, a big part of the problem was he didn't have what New York niggas got.

Like, uh, I'm from New York. This is my block. Bam. He had no one. He didn't have his crew. So one thing, being a New York nigga, I know for a fact is you don't go to Cali and live there without having to goon spots.

Like, homie, you could be the hardest thing in the world. But you don't go way over there without that. No one ever knew where he was from Where you from? He lived in Oakland When you're from somewhere you got to get that gruel but you that had your back that loved you since you was in kindergarten I mean that fuck with you for real and won back, that loved you since you was in kindergarten. I mean, that fuck with you for real. And won't let nothing.

And you, I need the extra set of eyes so I keep my dog with me. Doctor said, let him die. I said, this fucking dog bit me. Sometimes you need that nigga with you, that, that, that, that, that, that. Your man, that, that, that, that. You know what? He'll see what you don't see. Right.

It's easy to get caught up in this. It's easy to get caught up in this. When we was doing the podcast, we started this show, and we interviewed you. Yeah. Thank you for that, by the way. No, thank you. No, no, no. This is your thank you moment. No, no, no, no.

This is your thank you moment. This is our thank you moment. Right, right. Thanking you. You had a show. You didn't have to do this. You sat down with us, and we interviewed you. We had fun. And it was really just weird with us and we interviewed you we had fun and it was

really just weirdly with me and you do off camera exactly what we already do and i want to thank you on behalf of all of us because that was the first time uh hip-hop took us serious because you know they're thinking oh a rapper interviewing rappers who gives a fuck? Right. But when we sat down with you, it made me take us serious. Because you're a hard person. Like, you're a person in demand. People want access to DMX. People want... And they don't know our relationship.

Right, right. So that's beautiful. So that's T-code for me. But the fact is, when we showed it to the world, it reciprocated. It was a game changer for us. It was a game changer.

It's crazy because, and I don't mean to get deep, but I've got to get deep. I had met him the other day in the back of the taco shop. And I didn't want to ever go to that taco shop ever again in life because of what happened with Twin. Because Twin left there. But then I thought about it when he said, yo, I'm here. And I said, you know what? This is the reason why we first even came

to this taco spot because when we went number one, we brought our whole crew and me and your friend talked to each other. We was like, yo, we could go do a Mr. Charles or we could do a Prime 112,

but eight people's going to eat. We're not eight people. It's 20 of us. Look at this. This is our crew. Everyone here is purpose. And we went to that taco spot. and I just want to say thank you man because I know he was doing that like you know on a strip

what you love the thing is I actually turned that love into something and we turned that to me we turned that love that you have for hip-hop it for us and we turn it into something. And I can never thank you enough, my brother. And real quick, that whole day leading up to that episode. It was so hilarious. Could be a movie by itself. No, it's a movie, because by the way, right?

Because there was stuff that you didn't know was going on. Right, right. And then there's stuff that y'all were dealing with. This is actually a movie like this. He's 100 miles an hour. You can't turn around, he's gone. We took over the hotel with. We're live like that. This is X with X. We move like this. He's a hundred miles an hour. You can't turn around. He's gone. We took over the hotel lobby.

We told him, turn down your music. So it was crazy. They're like, yo, look. I hear Ali and I hear Ali. And I'm like, yo. I had a note. X might not know what we're doing. But they're like, so listen.

Just come. Let's meet him at the hotel. So I go meet X at the hotel so I go meet exit the hotel I see him give him a five in two seconds. Somebody calls me goes. Yeah You know this my cousin he's like don't want to do a radio interview Right, you know of you told me that? Some of you told me this is the truth. And I gotta give you your flowers

because that's what this is about, man. You gotta give yourself the flowers. No, no, no, not today. Let me explain to you why. Let me explain to you why. I know you're a hardcore nigga, you probably don't want no flowers. You said, we got love for each other. Love is incredible.

Yes. You did with the love what you was supposed to do with the love. That's right. Appreciate it. And that's why it turned into what it turned into, because you did what the fuck you was supposed to do with it. God damn it, D-Man.

Excellent. Ah, you got a little more time. We wanna know. No, we wanna tell you how much we appreciate you here. It's mutual no no, but today is about you because you know why you're really Super huge figure you really like iconic Legend you don't really have to do this and I appreciate the fact that you taking your time off with your beautiful family and you Yeah I appreciate the fact that you taking your time out with your beautiful family. And you're bringing your beautiful family here. Yeah, and we love that, man. We're gonna respect you.

We're gonna show you love. So I just wanted to get a scene clean, and I just want to say hi to my children. Yes. Let's go! Chop chop! Let's go. Chop chop.

Let's go! Let's go, goddammit. I love my kids. Let's put this one down. Peace, come on! You can put this on fatherhood if you want. Yeah, I don't mind. I don't mind. Put this on there. Peace, come on! You can put this on fatherhood if you want. I don't mind. I don't mind.

Look at that. Look at these beautiful goddamn children. I love my children. Look at our beautiful goddamn children. Yeah. Goddamn it. Take a picture of them. Take a picture of these beautiful goddamn children.

These are my children from three different mothers. Goddamn it. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine.

They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. They're mine. Yeah, take a picture of the whole group. Take a picture of this group of goddamn children. These are my children from three different mothers. Goddamn it. They're mine. That's right. All mine.

Take a look at them. All mine. Right. I will body a nigga for my children. That's right, goddamn. Make some noise for that. Why you not look at them? She shy.

It's OK. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's my princess. She's going to be a headache in a couple years. Why you not look at them? She shy, it's okay. There you go. That's my princess. She gonna be a headache in a couple years. I'm gonna have to go up a few niggas ass for that. We're going back to now.

That's beautiful, man. Thank you. You can see that my kids know me because of how I fuck with them. Come here! They know what the grouse mean. All right. Love my kids, man.

Love my kids. Love my kids, man. I love you, niggas. We'll see. Not only that, what I said is I don't want to, like, I said it earlier, but I want to reiterate and let it to my head. Get ready.

I want to reiterate and say it right now. X, I fuck with you as a person. We'll pass. We'll pass. Fuck with you. I love you, nigga. I love you, too. You my brother. You my brother. Ass, yes. And...

I'm a boss. You put me in that election life. Election life. We'll do another one. And he started as a beatboxer originally. Nah. Yeah, originally. Woo!

Started as a beatboxer. Slime in the ground. Slime on the ground. I'm going to do it when I do it in a slam. I ain't even in the middle of the time. Three champs? Listen, we're going to drink. We're going to drink.

We're going to smile. I don't know how I'm going to fuck up all of them. It's okay. We don't give a fuck. Three champs? I got to leave him with this word. Yeah, leave him with this word. Then we out of here.

Because Mr. Lee, I want to punch Mr. Lee in the foot. But listen, we can't stop the word of God. I got to leave you with this. Let's go. this word and then we out of here. Because Mr. Lee, I want to punch Mr. Lee in the foot. But listen, we can't stop the word of God. And I got to leave you with this. Let's go, amen. Amen. Dear Lord, I need to be rescued. No one can get done except you. Please tell me the test is through.

I did my best to, as I could, as I should. Knock on wood, then I'm hood, then I'm good. Because he knows my heart. It grows from the start, glows in the dark, knows from the start, I was chosen to part, when you're smart, won't always bite, but knows when to bark, rose from the dark, could've glimpsed to the light, now I can't live without it, man, this ain't right, so I'ma give it to Jesus, cause it ain't my fight, I wanna make it to the light, please make it alright, and ain't nobody but you taking my life, cause I know not many do make it through the fight,

but there still are many who walk with your grace. Because I know there are plenty who walk with your face. And their minds and their hearts with the word on their lips. But still stray from the herd. I'm sure you've heard how it gets. Because the word is a gift that will break any yoke, stronghold, or bond down to a third of its strength. When you're free in the name of Jesus, you're free indeed. All you need is faith the size of a mustard seed.

All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me. It's my destiny to be the best I can be to give you the name of Jesus, you're free indeed. All you need is faith the size of a mustard seed. All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me. It's my destiny to be the best I can be to give you the best of me. And now, ain't no such thing as the rest of me. Because you in selfishness gave me the recipe, which is the word in the book. Right here the whole time, man. I done did the whole nine, four times. Probably more times. I kind of lost track.

Every time I got lost, of course, right back. They don't understand how I get lost like that I learn like this you get taught like that. We may never know it Missing what? We may never know We need to be growing. We may never know it. We are truly glowing We Know Class. Dark Man X makes a fucking noise! You may never know the way the world is gonna use us in our lives.

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