Drink Champs - #Throwback Episode - w/ DMX | (Ep. 3)

Episode Date: December 25, 2024

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this classic throwback episode we chop it up with the iconic, DMX! In this epic Drink Champs episode, the legendary DMX steps into the booth, bringing raw energy, real talk, and unfiltered conversations. X dives into untold stories, life lessons, and the gritty realities of his journey. From reminiscing about his early battles with JAY-Z to making history by dropping two platinum albums in one year, DMX shares how he’s always kept it 100. The convo gets deep as X reflects on his struggles, triumphs, and the spiritual growth that shaped him. He breaks down his path from the streets to the charts, revealing how his music saved lives—including his own. DMX even spits on how intentions make the man, not just the actions. True to form, X drops bars of wisdom and delivers a heartfelt prayer for everyone listening. He addresses comparisons to 2Pac, the loyalty he brought to his crew, and how faith kept him grounded through it all. As always, his energy is unmatched, and his realness is undeniable. This episode is packed with laughs, truth, and classic X moments—proving once again why he’s one of the most influential voices in hip hop. Let’s make some noise for the Dog! RIP DMX 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 *This episode was originally released on April 8th, 2016* *Subscribe to Patreon NOW for exclusive content, discount codes, M&G’s + more: 🏆* https://www.patreon.com/drinkchamps *Listen and subscribe at https://www.drinkchamps.com Follow Drink Champs: https://www.instagram.com/drinkchamps https://www.twitter.com/drinkchamps https://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps https://www.youtube.com/drinkchamps DJ EFN https://www.crazyhood.com https://www.instagram.com/whoscrazy https://www.twitter.com/djefn https://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions N.O.R.E. https://www.instagram.com/therealnoreaga https://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What up, it's DJ EFN. That was Bel Air. This is the motherfucking Drinks Champ! Hey! Yo, EFN, I just would like to start this off. Fenn. That was Bel Air. This is the motherfucking drink chance. Yo, A.F. Fenn, I just would like to start this off by saying, can I get a cup, sir? Can you give me a cup? Sunny D. I would like to start this off by saying I'm very proud of you.

Proud of you too, man. And the things that we accomplished. My brother. In these past episodes, we've had Fat Joe. Yes, we have. And not just Fat, we've had Fat Joe. Yes, we have. And not just Fat Joe. Rare form Fat Joe. Rare form.

He announced the album. Yes. With us first. With us first. Which, if people get confused. People are hating. It wasn't when the episode actually aired that he had already told us that. No, that's not true. That's so people don't get confused.

Oh, this is yours. Okay, so right now we have committed podcast history. We have. We've made podcasts. We gorilla casting. We gorilla casting. We coined a new term in podcasting. Portable cast, gorilla cast.

Gorilla casting. You know what I'm saying? Here, here, cast, guerrilla cast. Guerrilla casting. You know what I'm saying? Here, here, here. Come on, man. Pop that on the bottle. That doesn't seem like it's enough. So I would like to congratulate you. And I would like to congratulate you.

Salud. Salud. What is that? That's Bacardi? Bacardi, my friend. That's Bacardi. All right. With a little Colombian white.

Congratulations on the deal. You know what the most craziest thing is We've been very unselfish We have not mentioned anything I haven't mentioned my Twitter name Our Instagram We're horrible promoters of ourselves We're horrible promoters of ourselves

I've seen on Instagram You got the Colombian white thing going on Which is a mutual friend of ours Of course that's right Kendall folks started a local brand the Colombian white thing going on. Let's announce that. Which is a mutual friend of ours. Of course. That's right. Kendall. For Kendall family. Kendall folks started a local brand called Colombian white. It's Aguadiente. All the Colombian folks out there know.

And I've been talking to them for several years and they've positioned themselves now in a place where they're ready to move forward. And I joined the team. Hazardous sounds, Hayden. He still hasn't received a bottle. This is true? This is true. This is very true. This is very true.

He gave me two bottles, but my wife gave one back, and she said she didn't know when she would see Hazardous again. I said, you never give a look at her back, baby. That's not what happened. But congratulations on that, Eve. I want you to talk about the coming home. You interviewing

me? Yeah, I would like. You know what? We need to promote. We need to promote. This is true. So, you know, Coming Home, which is on Revolt TV, is a series. Let's big up Revolt. Big up to Revolt. Let's make some noise for Revolt.

Shout out to Puff. Puff Daddy. No matter what. He's involved in everybody's life in some way. It's crazy. In some way. It's crazy. That's right.

So, yeah, Coming Home is a series. You know, it's a travel series. We travel to different countries. Right. The Crazy Little Film Academy crew. So yeah, Coming Home is a series. It's a travel series. We travel to different countries. The Crazy Hood Film Academy crew. And we're exploring hip-hop in different countries, seeing how they do hip-hop. Big up Drain. Big up Charlie.

Garcia. Garcia. And different people from Crazy Hood travel to different countries. That's right. Big up Crazy Hood, man. Went to Cuba first. Very proud of you guys. Went to Peru with Beats in the Hood. Went to Haiti.

That was the last one that just happened. Beats in the Hood right now. He just made his chick get a tattoo. That's hardcore. That was the last one that just happened. Beats in the Hood right now. He just made his chick get a tattoo. That's hardcore. That's hardcore. And we just came back from Vietnam, so that's the next one. I was scared for you when you went to Vietnam, and I was scared for you when you went to Haiti. You were more scared for Haiti.

I was way more scared for Haiti. You told me that before and after you saw the trailer. You were still scared. I was still scared. And you saw me right next to you. And I saw you. Then you were safe. So definitely shout out your Instagram, your Twitter, and everything.

Well, also, my album is important, too. I know. We don't get to your album. That's nice. But the Another Time album came out last year, but I need people to check that out as well. Artwork is still crazy. Another Time. Check it out.

So I'm at DJ EFN on Twitter. You have an album. DJ EFN on Twitter. And my Instagram is at Who's Crazy. Okay. And then what else do you have? And then our Drink Champs Is at Drink Champs

Across the board Drink Champs We got a big Yo the Drink Champs IG is blowing up You know what I Shout out to all The listeners out there

Shout out When we get footage From now on Let's let Drink Champs Blast it out first And then us two Come after that Now who did that artwork

On another time My boy Scam He did the artwork On Eminem's first album Whoa He did a track called Quest Beach Rhyme and Life.

Wow. He did a bunch of stuff but those are iconic projects in hip hop. Yeah, no, but that artwork is, I still look at it to this day and I still look at it like-

It's crazy. It's a character that we created called Norm that he's in almost every Crazy Hood project. Wow. I didn't know that. I would like people

to check that out, crazyhood.com. I'm learning too much on this podcast. I'm learning too much. Just so people know. Yeah, go ahead. There's a lot of people.com. I'm learning too much on this podcast. I'm learning too much. And just so people know. Yeah, go ahead. Because there's a lot of people that are discovering me for the first time through the podcast.

But we got to let them know that our history goes back. I mean, so let them know how far back we go. Now, we go back, I want to say 20 years, but I'm going to say 10 because I'm trying to be younger. Yeah, trying to be younger. So it's 25 years to be correct. Yeah, yeah. Give me a high five. Because it was 96, 97. And it's 25 years to be correct. Yeah, yeah. Give me a high five. Because it was 96, 97.

And it's all coming to fruition. We all knew we was going to do business together eventually someday. I mean, we were always doing something.

We were always doing something but this is monumental right now. It is, it is. I'm excited to take this journey with you. So with that being said, I just changed

my Instagram to TheRealNoriega. That's T-H-E-R-E-A-L. Not I-E? No, T-H-E-R-E-A-L, Noriega, N-O-R-E-A-G-A. But you can still hit me at Mr. Super Slime and just bother my friend Sonny. You know what I'm saying?

He's running it. Yo, he came up on IG. Yo, I plugged him in. And on Twitter, I'm at Noriega, that's N-O-R-E-A-G-A. And on Snapchat, which I hardly use, I'm New Year Norie. But how does it feel to have Mr. Super Slime? It feels great, actually. To be my second.

The people want to hear what I got to say. By the way, this is the legendary Sonny D. BET. You might have caught me sleeping a couple times. The Haitian Prince. I'm here for y'all. Follow back. Shout out to also. In these past couple of weeks, E, what's been changing for you?

What has been different? I mean, nothing's really been different. I've just been more busy. I would have to agree with you. We've been extremely busy. Yes, we have. We're juggling. Well, your project came out as well.

Oh, yes. Drunk Uncle is out. It's out for free if you ain't got it. And if you're a real fan, you can also go to iTunes and get that and Google Play and Tidal and Spotify. But, yeah, I've been very busy as well. And you got the TV show? We got the TV show that I was supposed to film this weekend. Now they're actually supposed to film it the 23rd, 24th or the first week in May.

So, yeah, I'm having fun doing that. And this podcast has been like therapy for me. Phenomenal. And we committed. And we're committed. High five. We don't even need to make noise. Just high five.

You gave me a handshake. High five. This is like ballplayers. Yeah, high five. So, listen. This episode is so special to me because I'm a big fan of DMX. We actually talked about him for two episodes straight. It's crazy.

We spoke it into fruition. We spoke it into fruition. We had no idea this guy was going to land in Miami. Dreams come true. Dreams come true. He came to Miami. I just want to tell people. He told one of my best friends, Ali. I don't want to do podcasts. I don't want to fuck around He told One of my best friends Ali

I don't want to do podcasts No no no I don't want to fuck around And I was like Damn So I was like There's no way I can do it But then I said to myself

I said yo you know what I'm going to go see him I would like him to tell me No To my face And I went to go see him Who's breathing hard like that

Is that you? The Haitian prince. I'm sorry. I got to call him. I'm a little under the weather. So I go see him. And I say, yo, my brother. And it's crazy because I didn't feel the right time to talk to him.

And he gets a phone call. I think it was one of his cousins. And he tells one of his cousins, he says, I don't do radio. I don't do that. I don't do that. He says, I don't do radio. I don't do that. I don't do that. He goes, I don't do interviews. And I said, God damn, this is the worst possible time.

I could probably ask, but I'm fake for being around when not asking. And I had to get to the point. You were a podcaster first at that moment. You know, I actually called Charlamagne the God. This is 100 real shit i didn't tell you this but i said how do you separate being like a journalist from being somebody's friend and i don't know if he's being smart with me or i don't know if he was really keeping it real but he said you don't and i said i was confused he said you don't. And I said, I was confused.

He said you got to be both. So that's what I did. Like I, 100% I wanted to hold down X because X is a phenomenal figure in hip hop, most influential but I also wanted to get my job done. I have a commitment to the listeners

that's tuned in and it was like, you know what, we talked about it for two episodes and I didn't want to make it seem like a commitment to the listeners that's tuned in. And it was like, you know what? We talked about him for two episodes and I didn't want to make it seem like as if we were talking about him, but we weren't addressing exactly what we were talking about.

And it just so happened he came here and it happened. It's crazy because we went to New York and we were trying to do it. We were trying to get him in New York. Pause. A lot of people don't know that. Yes, go ahead. So now It's crazy because we went to New York and we were trying to do it. We were trying to get him in New York. Pause. A lot of people don't know that. Yes, go ahead.

So no, it's crazy to me because I'm telling you, the way that from the first moment that we started doing this show or these podcasts, his name kept coming up. It kept coming up. Not on purpose.

No. He's a legend. And the way that they talk about him is like we would never be able to get him down, lock him down for this. And then everybody had a DMX story. Hold on.

You have a DMX story? And now I have a DMX story. Yo! You're terrible. And it's crazy because, remember, I was the Def Jam rep for South Florida for many years. And I had interactions, minor interactions with X, but he was still X back then, so it wasn't like... He's still X now. Right.

You want some wine? Yeah, I'm talking to you. Why are you bothering me? Because he wants some champagne. Listen, by the way, Bel Air provided the champagne. Let me bring up Young Sav and Ricky Rosé, because without Ricky Rosé, it wouldn't be Cosign. So let me bring up Young Sav and Ricky Rosé because without Ricky Rosé, it wouldn't be co-signed. So let me pick up Young Sav, Ricky Rosé. And when you say Young Sav and Ricky Rosé, Young Sav is from New York and Ricky Rosé is from Miami.

So again, we winning again. Shout out to Ross. Also, I want to pick up to my boy Keith from Moet who wants to provide us with some stuff. So big up Keith from Moet. Sean Don, obviously. And big up Young Sav and Ricky Ross. But shout out to everybody getting to CBS to be official sponsors of the show.

Yeah, shout out to the people that's trying to be official sponsors. Shout out to the people that... I now have podcast fans. You know, I have Nori fans. I have people who like Norian movies. I have Nori fans. I have people who like Norian movies. I have people who like Norian interviews. And now I have people who like Nori the podcaster.

And that you are my brother now. Yes, we are. We are both podcasters. With no further ado, we're going to have fun in this episode. I want you all to know that the thoughts provided by DarkmanX, DMX, is his thoughts. It doesn't reflect on what Crazy Hood, Thug Doubt, Militainment,

CBS, Drink Champs, Drink Champs, we just let X be as raw as he wanted to be. We let him be as uncut as he wanted to be. And we let him be as real as he wanted to be. Correct? him be as uncut as he wanted to be. And we let him be as real

as he wanted to be, correct? Yeah, and do we want to set up how the environment that it was? Yes, you know what? It was crazy. Let me big up to all those who listened to the first episode with Fat Joe because this is how I said I have to do this.

I took a picture with DMX and it was by a pool table. Right. Now... I know what you're going to say. Now, when I sent it on Instagram, I said, look, me and DMX playing pool again.

Now, everybody who liked the picture or responded, I knew that they had to actually hear the podcast. This is the first time I ever said this DMX story. Right. So when I got over 1,000 likes and I got over so many comments,

I said, I have to actually execute. So this episode went down in the Alof Hotel. But first, we started on Thursday. No, we tried. The attempt. The first attempt started on Thursday. And then when did we get it? Saturday or Friday?

No, Friday. We got the next day. Let's make some noise for us getting into the next day. You actually told me, yo E, he's here for the weekend. So the whole weekend we on standby. Yes, I thought we was going to get it Monday. I'm going to be honest. But so we got it.

And I'm very proud of us. I'm very proud of you. We all came together. We all came together. We all, it was teamwork for real. We came together, we worked as an army. Crazyhood, thugged out military. Hazardous sounds, even though he wasn't there.

We was missing you. Shout out to Black Relax, Matt Harris. Shout out to Matt. I'm sorry I was hard on you, Matt. Charlie Skins, I didn't give him a t-shirt. Yo, I did, I did. I really, I felt sorry for Charlie. Charlie, I felt sorry, my brother. I was going to buy you a shirt, but then I thought about it.

I said, let me let them deal with it. It's internal. Shout out to Big Drain who took photos that day. He became a photographer all of a sudden. Shout out to Big Drain. We all came together. It was a stressful day, but we all came together. We made it happen.

So this is our weekly update. We usually don't update you motherfuckers on nothing. We just give you a podcast. And we tell you motherfuckers to deal with it. We just got professional on them. That's not our thing. We're still drinking. Pop a bottle, though. We're the most professional, unprofessional podcast.

Pop a motherfucking bottle. We need to hear it on. Listen, don't pop it by the equipment. We'll pop it next to the equipment. Sonny, just pop it right all over the fucking computer. Yeah, thank you, Hazardous Sound. Pop it by the mic so they hear it. This is Young Sav, Renzel. They hit me.

They said the podcast is wonders, especially Young Sav. Everybody's hitting me, too, man. Everybody's showing love. Showing love. So what we're going to do, also I want to shout out, it is Mizzy. He did an impersonation of me. Oh, I seen it. It is Mizzy.

I have no one. It's perfect. He did an impersonation of me, and, I seen it. It is Mizzy. It's perfect. He did an impersonation of me and I'm not going to lie. When I first hit it, pause. When I hit the video, excuse me. When I hit the video, I didn't look. So when he said, that's a fact. Thank you

for pointing it out. I said, oh my God, somebody, who is doing that? And I said, oh shit, it's not me. Yo, but I'm, how the fuck does a person impersonate you from two episodes? That means he was watching a lot. That means he was tuned in. So it is Mizzy.

I want to make sure I'm saying it right. And while you're checking that, I really want to shout out all the listeners out there. All the listeners. We see all your tweets. We get all your IG comments. We get emails, whatever, whether you're industry folk or whether you're just regular cats listening. We appreciate every single one of y'all because y'all building the foundation for this gorilla cast.

Drink champs. It is Millie. I'm sorry. It is Millie, man. I appreciate it. Like a lot of people don't know. I enjoy being impersonated. I enjoy being the butt of the jokes.

Now he killed it. I understand. Yeah. Thank you. He did. He really did. I was like, no, he got a haircut. No, not a haircut. I grew hair. Because he killed it. I understand. Thank you. He really did. I was like, no, he got a haircut? No, not a haircut.

I grew hair. You mean it. Because he got braids and shit. You got extension. I enjoy being the butt of the joke because I have a lot of jokes. So without no further ado, Crazy Hood,

Thugged Out Militain, Man Hazardous Sounds, CBT, CBS, Carlito, my man Steve, Louie, Papa Keith.

One more. We got one more shot at it. Yes, let's do it. Our homie Godfrey from Gamer Tag Radio who set us up with CBS. Shout out to you, Godfrey. Big him up. So without no further ado, we're not going to edit none of this. Even in the beginning of this interview and even somewhere throughout the interview, the audio goes off.

For all those that's listening, when we say make some noise or clap, you're supposed to have seven shots already poured on your desk. Have some with us. Yeah, already poured on your desk, and you're supposed to take a shot every time we clap. Now, if you're not a drinker, then take a smoke every time we clap. If you're not a smoker, then do a push-up every time we clap. You're going to get a shit shot. Yeah, do something. But without no further ado, we're not going

to edit anything of this DMX interview. We're going to keep it 100% raw for you guys to enjoy. And log on to us. We are drinkchaps.com. Subscribe. It's totally free.

And make some noise for DJ EFN, man. Make some noise for N-O-R-E. We are the drink champs. We are the drink champs. No further ado, we're going to present to you DMX in the front of... I'm a Starwood Platinum member, so I would like to big up

the Alof Hotels for allowing us to take over the lobby. We thugged out the lobby. We thugged out the lobby, allowing us to take over the lobby and allow us. We thugged out the lobby. We thugged out the lobby, allowing us to do that, allowing us to play pool at three o'clock in the morning and allowing us to have Darkman X be him. So without no further ado, you got anything more to say? I just want to shout out Ali one more time.

Oh, shout out Ali. Shout out Mr. Lee. I was going to punch him in his foot. Shout out Mr. Lee. Shout out Ali. Shout out Mr. Lee. I was going to punch him in his foot. Shout out Mr. Lee. Shout out Ali. Shout out Jordan, the pharmacist, man, for everybody helping out.

And shout out to Sonny DBT for changing his socks today. Mr. Super Slime. But did you change it? Mr. Super Slime. Follow him at Mr. Super Slime. And if you want to follow the real Super Slime,

follow me at The Real Noriega. And shout to Hazardous Sounds. Shout to Hazardous Sounds, man. We missed you, man. He was in Las Vegas living it up at the Venetian. I'm back, baby. So we're going to drink this champagne. We're going to smoke this weed.

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What up? It's DJ EFN. And this is the Drink Chance motherfucking podcast. And we're getting drunk in a motherfucking Alof Hotel. Make some motherfucking noise. WXYZ Bar. And listen, man. We talked about this guy for two episodes straight.

Holy shit. We talked about him in the episode with Fat Joe. We talked about him with the episode with Jadakiss. And now he's in here in the flesh. And he's Aki Mimo, how do you say it? Hold on. Is it Darkman X? No, no.

I don't know. Let him talk for himself because we got him in the building. Drink Chance Podcast. You got that. You got it. Hold on. Is it Darkman X? No, no. I don't know. Let him talk for himself because we got him in the building. Drink Chance Podcast. You got that. You got that. He don't do podcasts. He don't do podcasts. He don't do interviews.

I don't do radio. What the fuck is a podcast? Darkman X. I don't do radio. Make some noise for DMX. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Hold on. No, no, no.

Clap your fucking hands. One, two, three. DMX. Yo, no, no. Clap your fucking hands. One, two, three. Yeah, man. Yo, yo. Yo, Dark Man X, man. 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. To honor the blessing. First, let me say that. Let me say that. How I fuck with this kid. How I fuck with my man right here.

Thank you. N-O-R-E. N-O-R-E. Thank you. But now we on the man right here. Thank you. N-O-R-E. N-O-R-E. Thank you. But now we're going to run Ian. That's right. And 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. Saved mine. You told me that earlier. Listen, I'm going to get this out there. The first time I ever met DMX. Look at him. He know me.

I'm not going to lie. I feel like I got a DMX story now. You got a DMX story, man. This right now is a DMX story. Yes, yes. It's very hard to get it done.

One of many, one of many. But listen, the first time I ever 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, like, like. 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, was in Bad Eerie Studios. Your dog walked in our session. Yeah. 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.

The dog would have bit him. 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.

I acknowledge you first. We'll recognize you. I acknowledge you first. Yo, what up? I'm like, yo, your niggas don't like dogs? Right, right. What's the problem? Real, real recognize real. I acknowledge you first. Yo, what up? I'm like, yo, the niggas don't like dogs? Right, right. What's problem?

Right, right, right, right. You know? He didn't have LL, 5-4-3-2-1. You ain't had none of that. No, I might have had that. The Mike Geronimo? Yep, yep.

What's all the noise about? Yeah. Have some respect. The fuck up? Drop out. Money don't shit your back, the trouble. So X, we live in the broadcast. There's noise in the background. I don't care. Right, fuck up. Drop out. Money don't shit your back. That's what I'm talking about. 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. All right. Well, 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.

I felt like it was owed to me. Big mistake on my behalf, but that's another story. An offer was made to me 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. That's your first time having a million, correct? Oh, yeah, yeah.

You had a million. 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, what was it? It's Dark and Hell is Hot. What was the second album? It's 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 again, great, pressing, great. We got Aguilar on the podcast. But you was on Roof House before that. I got signed to a single, Rough House Columbia. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, man, that's history right there. Rough House Columbia. That was like end of 80s, late 80s Yeah That was mid 90's

How sick was rough house Columbia After you dropped two platinum Let's just say fuck rough house Columbia Before I dropped Anything with platinum Fuck rough house Columbia They fucked up They dropped the ball

They had X Inside They had X. But they decided me as a tax write-off. They decided 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. 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's to Rough Riders And it's like Drag drag They met And I kinda co-signed I signed this release papers And drag from Yonkers too?

Drag from the Bronx Drag on Drag on Okay 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 Was running the building

The inmates wasn't Really running the building But you never was on Rikes Island with him So you didn't know Not with him You for sure In our mind We was on Rikesers 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, nah. The only island he was on

is the one he bought from, I'll talk to you about it. Yeah, nah, nah, nah. Facts. So DMS, let's get to the story of Arizona. And Arizona won nine.

Listen, let me just tell you something. Go ahead. You want to tell the story? There's so many levels of that story. There's so many levels of that story. There's so many levels of that story. The first part about it is, you know, typically you're a nigga when they jump on the floor, well, they just go. So, you know, we all jump on the floor and then we go and nigga know it.

Wait! I'm like, wait, wait. Of course, you can't hear it because the engine is dumb loud. I chase him. He gets away from me because he was like mad far ahead. I thought he was going to go half a block and turn around. And I'll tell you what he said. Between stop signs, it's like at least a mile.

I'm like, oh, he'll stop. Maybe he'll stop. He was on an MTV joint? Yeah. The smallest engine we had was 500. The 500. That was the smallest engine we had. So our shit was fast.

So this nigga dipped off. Yo, I bust my ass. Yo, when he came back, because there was like a ditch on your side. No, that's the story. You were shooting a movie? Yeah, I was shooting a movie. Oh, the horror movie. Yeah, the horror movie. Yeah, the horror movie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The dude from Fast and Furious. Yeah, I brought all of them to school. He had the crazy little hair. And, you know, I said, I'll fight at my house. He went, I'll fight at my house. I got the pool in the backyard. Family, kids out there.

Yo, his men, yo, gets by the pool, takes his pants off. They got the fucking thongs on. They get, you know, like a white dude with the motherfucking long hair jumping like, no, yo, you're about to pull Tasty's pants so they got the fucking thongs on. You got the white dude with the motherfucking long hair jumping like, no, yo. People I'll shoot the movie with. Make some noise for people I'll shoot the movie with. Right, right, right. Come on, come on. Yo, your name's never watched it.

Yo, Charles, you got to clap your hands. Henny, Henny. Yo, but X, let me just tell you that day, right? Yo, you was getting 10 million a movie at that time. Yeah. And when you called me, you said, you said, let me just tell you that day, right? Yo, you was getting 10 million a movie at that time. Yeah. And when you called me, you said, I said, yo, you said, you in Arizona? You got to come see me.

Exactly. And then I said, y'all got like 20 people with me. That was a little while away. Yeah, nah, we was in Tucson. Right, right. You was in Arizona. Two hours away. Yeah, yeah, yeah, two hours away.

Two hours away. And yo, let me tell you something. Cheers. Them people, oh, I'm just... Right there, wait, wait. That's a different cup. You know what I mean? God damn. Cheers. just... That's a different cup. God damn.

Let's get it on. And X took care of all my people. Listen, all my people, X took care of. All that. Everything, man. It's the funny shit, though. My homegirl, my homegirl, she was like, you know what I'm saying? I grew up with her.

She's from the hood. So we in the house, it's a family environment. So she gets a white beard on, but her nipples is down by her waist. Man, her hair's all wild. You know, when nobody was partying, we get a family environment. So normally, like, I think he kind of forgot there was a family environment. Nothing is family. But he's like, yo, that's where the bitch is at.

We got a moment on some rap shit. That's where the bitch is at We got our moment On some bad shit That's where the bitch is at And the homegirl was like We about to hear you She was like He was like No you auntie

Chill chill You auntie Make some noise Back to the auntie The crazy shit is She was younger than both of us Right But the way she look

That was auntie She cooking her food With her nipples look, that was auntie, nigga, she cooking us her food with her nipples down here. Auntie Boo Boo Chill. Yo. Yo. It was a pleasure to have you there.

Nah, man, let me tell you something, DMX, you're one of the most influential people in hip hop. Thank you. For sure. You changed the norm,

you know, from two albums in a year. There's not a lot of people that can do that after you, before you, in between you, in between you. Not credible ones. And we appreciate

you for sharing the Drink Chance podcast. We assure that. We're a friend of you. We're a friend of Drink Chance. It's right over there. It's right over there. And you're a hit, C-Guy. I got all my red joints. You got the red Timberlands.

Keeping it real. Flesh your money or your flesh. Blood of your blood. There you go. So listen, let me ask you here. Blood on my blood. All my niggas get down like, what? So everybody thought you was blood at one point. Are you gang affiliate or you new to 50-50?

Are you gang affiliate? Neutron, neutron. You can do whatever you want. Huh? Nah, nah. Real shit, nah, nah. The bloods. I got the homies, you know what I'm saying, on the blood.

The homeboys. Real niggas fuck with the kid. Real niggas fuck with the kid. So, no, I'm not married to one side. You know what I mean? One side or the other. But you're the dog. Real nigga.

Right. Dog. And everything I did Naturally Dog Red Blood All that

It would look like But it wasn't leaning that way It was leaning like a mother Oh it was It was leaning like a mother It was leaning I mean But

I never Got into it like that I gotta ask you the same question We ask everybody Who was your favorite CEO You've been You've been on CEO CEO Like Look at that You felt had your back I got to ask you the same question we ask everybody. Who was your favorite CEO? You've been on... CEO? CEO.

You felt had your back. They had your bail money. You know, whatever. CEO that you were assigned to. Well, I wasn't assigned to one. Whoever you want to add. It's okay. I got to say.

What's the real shit? Lior. Lior. That's what I said. What's the real shit? Lior. Lior. That's what I said. Let's make some noise for Lior. Let's make some noise for Lior. You know what we call Ali? We call Ali, Ali-or.

Ali-or. He doesn't want the name, but we gave it to him. A lot of people don't understand. The top three people at Def Jam had lie in their name. What? I don't know where this is going. Break it down. It was

Lior, which is spelled L-Y-R. L-I-O-R. Jew Lee. J-U-L-I-E. Lie. Or Kevin Lyles. Top three people. This makes sense. Everybody make noise.

What did you get out of that? What is that telling you? I just told you. The top three people had lying in them. But this is what bothered me because Lior came to our studio. 33 South Broadway. I mean, we're in the studio. That's in Manhattan?

It's in Yonkers. Yonkers. My jaw was still Wired shut This is when you got signed I heard about this story This is when he Knew he would sign me Okay

My jaw was wired shut And the lobster guy Signed first To Puff And D From our fighters Darren

He bought me Gave me to Puff And one thing I respect About Puff One thing I respect About him And real shit Is that

At least he told me To my face What he felt And He told Puff He said Yo If you like the locks

You're gonna love that And I spit or whatever And he was like Nah His voice is too rough He's not marketable Didn't like it

But I I had to respect him He fucked up Let's make some noise For Puff fucking up Hold up Hold up He came right behind

And tried to clean up So maybe two weeks later When he found out I was getting signed For Def Jam He was like Yo I'll lace your pockets

I'll double what they gave you And lace your pockets I'm like Nah You know what I mean Cause if you didn't see The beef that I was there. What point did he tell you that?

What point? Maybe three weeks after I got signed up for him. He's like, yo, I'll lace your pockets. I'll double what they gave you and lace your pockets. I'm like, nah, I'm cool. So it's a legendary story. You didn't know. I respect that about Paul.

Right. I mean, because... They see you in a wild goose. They won't tell you. Oh, call me later. Yeah, industry. I respect the fact that he told me to my face. He said, you know what?

Your voice is too rough and you're not marketable. So at least he was willing to... In my mind, what I think he's saying is, work on this. Right. So, Ax, listen. Constructive criticism. It's a famous story that said that when you and Jay-Z battled, right?

Because this battle happened, right? Correct? A couple times. A couple of times. It wasn't just once. Nah. So when you and Jay-Z battled. One of the people I'm trying to refer to, you know what happened backstage?

We heard that Big L had to record that one battle. They said that Big L recorded that battle. We heard that Big L had to record that one battle. They said that Big L recorded that. Do you remember Big L being there? Vaguely. No, I can't say that. Not at all. I know Big L.

I know Big L. I'm a fan. But you was trying to take Jay-Z out. That's the big deal. What it was, it was where fighters had Harlem Nights. Right?

It was from 135th Broadway. The project building right there. And, um, um, and J.Crew was, uh, original flavor. Original flavor. Right. Before they was rockin'

Right, they had the Hawaiian soupy shit, all that. So, they was, it was their battle. Oh, so you battled him during he had rights to the Hawaiian soupy. I was the big gun on my side. And he was the big gun with them niggas. And it wasn't Rockefeller. It was Original Faith.

Nah, Original Faith was the group. Oh, wow. This is the group. So, there was no Rockefeller then. There was no Rockefeller. Nah, Dame Dash was there. Jay-Z was there. You know, they whole crew, the original, whatever.

Hawaiian Sophie. The niggas. How you calling it? Hawaiian Sophie. Yeah, that Hawaiian Sophie nigga. Original Flavor was the name of the group. Right. Original Flavor.

Okay. And, um, what? One thing I will give Jay-Z respect for. Who won that battle? Okay. I've never lost a battle. I've never lost a battle. Let's make some noise for Dax for I've never lost a battle I've never lost a battle Never Never

I'm a battle rapper I'm a battle rapper I'm a battle rapper Who's a guy you would like to battle right now? If you looked at him Who would like to battle? Yeah, like you said No one I'd like to battle There's a lot of rappers I don't like.

But I ain't going to cut their head off. Don't cut their head off. Nah, not really. Fuck them. But I ain't going to blow the spot because now I have a platform where it might be hurtful to what they're doing.

And it might seem like I ain't mad at I'm not mad at Whack niggas getting money Yeah I'm not mad at Whack niggas getting money There's a lot of Whack ass

Fucking rappers out there But I ain't gonna Put them on blast Because you know what They have fans And When you look at The big picture

It's like If there's one Rapper Right That has a Hit record or whatever, then he's going to employ five of his friends. So you see the positive side of that.

Right. There's at least seven people from the hood. Enough of that. They don't have to worry about hustling or doing whatever, stealing. There's at least that many people that's removed from the struggle. So it's a blessing. I look at it like God did that for them. God did that for them.

Whether they recognize it or not, it don't matter. But they're in a better place and they're able to help others and they inspire people. So that's why my eye, if you're successful, then cool. I mean, I don't want to take over the whole mean, I don't want to take over the whole market.

I don't want to take over the whole market. I only walk in the dark when my steps are guided. And no matter how dark my path gets, I light it. I ain't never been ashamed of the pain. Can't hide it. Yeah, the road was rough, but I decided to ride it. Step carefully with half of me. Walk recklessly.

Fuck, that's just an X in me. Cats can pop like ecstasy. Yo, money's challenges. Thank you. Hand me just an X to me. What? DM. Fuck, that's just an extra me. Cats can pop like ecstasy. Yo, money's down, just thank you. Hand me just an extra me. What? DMX, I'm going to keep it real. We got like three million subscribers. I'm lying.

It's all good. Can you pray for the people? I told people that you pray for everybody. Listen, I've been going to... Pray for us. Listen, whenever DMX open a church, I'm going to be the first attended. Church, church. DMX church.

Can you pray for the people, please? And then we'll go to Club Passion. All right. Come on. Let's pray for the people. 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 people, 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 The lives that have touched our own. When's 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. We, we, we, we, we, we, we, 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 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 for me gets me shot for hospital. 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? 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. 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 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 much power there is in the word. We praise your name and give you the glory. We thank you. 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 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 the american west with dan flores is the latest show from the meat eater podcast network hosted by me writer and historian dan flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available

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Some people get offended. Some people get offended. I used to correct people as plainly as I could. They were like, oh, you're like the next Pac. I'm like, no, I'm the first ex. Oh. They would say that. That's great.

That's great. They would say that. They would say that. Oh, you're the next Pac. I'm like, no, I'm not the next anything. I'm the first. That's great. They would say that. That's great. They would say that. Oh, you're the next pop. I'm like, no, I'm not the next anything. I'm the first. That's a fact. And it's crazy because I actually had a chance to see pop.

Oh, where? Walking. And I'm a bad pop. They say that I'm, oh, my God. So I'm in Hammond, Hammond Way off Sunset in L.A. Oh, okay. That hotel. Okay.

And I saw him. He was a.A. Oh, okay. That hotel. Okay. And I saw him. He was a cool dude. He seemed cool. Now, what year was this? You remember the year? I'd say like 97. Seven? Six.

Oh, wow. Wow. You met real pop. Yeah. You met the real pop. Walking by yourself. You got 97, right? Maybe 95.

Maybe 95. Dreadboarders out there. Dre Borders out there. Dre Borders out there. And he walked past and I seen him. My man said, what up? I went, 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, 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 Newiggas, I know for a fact is you don't go to Cali

and live there without having the goosebumps. Like, homie, you could be the hardest thing in the world. But you don't go way over there without, no one ever knew

where he was from. Where you from? Nobody ever knew. But he was from Oakland, though. He lived in Oakland. He lived in Oakland. We lived all over. We all lived in Oakland.

But when you're from somewhere, you got a nigga that grew up with you, that had your back, that loved you since you was in kindergarten. I mean, that fuck with you for real. And won't let never. 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, let him die. I said, this fucking dog bit me. Sometimes you need that nigga with you, 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. I got one more question

and that's it. I got you. He got his shirt jerked in. Ali is, I don't really care a fuck about club passion. Yo, I'm going to keep it 100.

I'm going to keep it 100. Listen, folks, we love Ali. Of course. Let's give a shout out to Ali. Yeah, I'm going to keep it 100. I'm going to keep it 100. Listen, we love Ali. Of course. Love Ali. Love Ali. Let's give a shout out to Ali.

Yeah, shout out to Ali. AKA Cuzzle. AKA Red Coat. Love Ali. Love Ali. AKA Jersey with the mouse in the boot.

AKA Don't listen. AKA Sexual harassment. So listen, this is the, gay. Sexual harassment. Oh, so listen, this is the last question. You got any regrets of anything?

No, no. If that was that simple, I got one more question. Yeah. Everything happened. This is the way it was supposed to happen. Right.

Even people say, um, people, people say that, that, that, that they don't believe that they're perfect or there's no such thing as Even People say People say That they don't believe that they're perfect Or there's no such thing as perfection God don't make mistakes We're each Perfectly us

The sooner you Can embrace that and accept that The better off you will be The better off you will be God made you the way you are for a reason. Praise God. Praise God. I'm about to preach.

I survived the 25 year addiction. I survived the 25 year addiction Not because of my own strength Not because of anything that I gave to myself Or did for myself Or did to myself

God did it Make some noise for God God did it Make some noise for God God damn it Come on everybody There's more to it There's more to it

There's more to it Again Sometimes Sometimes We won't know what God is willing to do for us until we're in a situation where only God can do it for us. God won't walk you to what he won't walk you through. He won't walk you to what he won't walk you through. God is the only one who can have a bad situation become a beautiful situation without ever changing the situation.

The only thing, listen, the story has already been written. It speaks on before we were born and refers to after we're gone. So if the story has already been written, if the story has already been written and it goes from A to Z and we around Q somewhere, then what makes us think as his creations that we can change any aspect? What makes us think we can change any aspect of the story? Then that would mean that we have the potential of calling God a liar. If we could change any part of the story, that would mean that we have the potential of making God out to be a liar.

And clearly, we don't have that. We don't have that. But we're not able to. Let's make some noise for the DMX being smarter than all of you. Keep smiling at everybody. Keep going. Keep going. What it is,

what it is, is the only thing that can change is our perspective about that situation. The situation won't change. The story has already been written. The story has already been written. Once again, it speaks

on before we were born and it refers to after we're gone. From Genesis to Revelations, the book has already been written. The story has already been told We're somewhere in the middle Just because he didn't specifically mention our names Don't mean that we ain't caught up in the middle of that story

Tell him, talk to him dog The word doesn't say we have free choice The word says we have free will Free will The word don't say we have free choice The word says we have free will Will is your intentions. Why you did it.

And believe it or not, that makes all the difference in the world. Me and you can do the same exact thing, but the reason why we did it will make all the difference in the world. Right. Example. Break it down. All it takes is this right here. All it takes is this right here to end somebody's life.

Trigger finger. All it takes is a moving of a finger to end someone's life. But you did it because somebody kicked your door open and you defended your family. I did this because I wanted to rob your ass. Not my ass. I wouldn't rob my ass. Let me finish my sentence. Let me finish my sentence.

But the same thing. You did it because you protected your family. Defended your family. I did it because I wanted to rob somebody. Right. One person's right, one person's wrong. Though the same act was committed, we did nothing different. But what was different about what we did was our intentions.

That makes all the difference in the world. It's not what you did. It's about why you did it. It's not what you did. It's about why you did it. If I kill somebody just because I want some money, then I'm a piece of shit. So I got one more question before you break down. If I did it because I wanted to protect the world or save the world, then I'm alright. David was God's most favored person.

You know what David, what is David known for? His favor. He received from God. But, a lot of you don't know, he set the motherfucker in war, put him on the front line, because he was the motherfucker's wife. David actually did that. David did that. But he was still

God's most favorite. Let's make some noise for God. Come on, come on, everybody. Black girls, you're over here. So hold on, X. So X, you said you had no regrets.

No regrets. I don't have any regrets now. If you could change anything in hip-hop, what would you change? Anything. The tightness. And the things closed. I'm going to make some noise for that. Let's make some noise for the tightness. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on. Y'all know black girls. Come on. Black girls. The two things. He not a girl. You're right. What are you doing? The two things don't change. Now, I am a warrior for the Lord. I don't have an ounce of hate in my heart because it takes too much energy to hold on to hate, to harbor hate.

It takes too much energy. I don't have time for that. I got too much lifting up to do. I got too much praising God to do. I got, hey, hey, hey. That's my purpose. My purpose, if I can say one person, one sub, I influence one person that I've done something wonderful with my life. You influence millions of people, in case you ain't know.

Oh, my goal is one. My goal is one. I want to, listen, you influence hundreds of millions of people with DMX. I want you to know that. Your albums save people lives. I never stop. Your albums save people lives. Music itself, music is pleasurable to the ear.

People enjoy it. But a song without work. Are you going to open a church? A storm without work Are you going to open a church? I would like to go to your church Open another We just opened one This is a church right here

We in church Come on let's make some noise For the fucking church Come on Everybody Everybody Everybody And um

My church When I do actually Put the church in a building My church Where's your church at? Outside? It's wherever Two or more people Come together in the same.

That's what I'm saying. I've been going to DMS church for 12 years. It will be called House of the Afflicted. A lot of people understand God's strongest warriors are those most afflicted. If you're not a threat to the devil, you ain't going to waste his time on fucking your life up. So I thank God for my problems because it's only through my problems do I know how much of a threat I

am to the devil and how much God is willing to do to get me. Oh my God. Yo, listen. I'm going to keep it 100. Because everybody's been saying to me, listen, DMX, you haven't did no podcast ever in your life. Never. Yo, I want to thank you, my brother.

Hold up. Pod is like... Pod is prison. Yeah, it's prison. This is prison. It's a prison cast. Why did I smoke a cigarette? Why did I smoke a cigarette?

Why is this called a pod? Why did I smoke a cigarette? How did we get... Who the fuck is smoking right here? I want to smoke a cigarette too. We don't know who the fuck made up this podcast. How did this call a pod? Podcast. Drink chat. How did this call a pod? I want to smoke a cigarette too. We don't know who the fuck made up the podcast. I don't smoke the pot. Podcast.

Drink chat. I don't smoke the pot. Hey, X. Leave us with a rhyme. You put me that election life. Election life. We'll do another one. We'll do another one.

And he started as a beatboxer. Originally. Nah. Yeah, originally. Slime. He's a beatboxer. Slime in the ground Slime on the grass

I'm gonna do it when I do it I ain't never in time We gon' drink, we gon' drink I don't know how I'm gonna fuck on It's okay We don't give a fuck I gotta leave him with his word Yeah, leave him with his word Yeah leave him with this word

Then we out of here Cause Mr. Lee How about the punch Mr. Lee in this foot But listen we can't We can't stop the word of God And then I gotta 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 heard Then I'm good. Cause he knows my heart 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 in the dark, could have glimpsed to the light. Now I can't live without it, man. This ain't right. So I'm

gonna give it to Jesus. Cause it ain't my fight. I want to make it to the light. Please make it all right. And ain't nobody but you taking my life. Because I know not many do make it through the fight. But there's still a many who walk with your grace. Because I know a plenty who walk with your face. And their minds and their hearts with the word on their lips. But still stay

from the herd. I'm sure you've heard how it gets. Because the word is the gift that'll break any yoke strong. Hold the 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 best of me. And now, ain't no such thing as the rest of me.

Because you in self-esteem 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, 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. We're missing what it's over. We may never know it. We need to be growing. We may never know it. We are truly growing. We may never know it. We are truly growing. We may never know the way the world is going to use us. We may never know which way to go if they keep going.

We may never know which way to go if we keep doing. We may never know what we do, how we keep looking. We may never know the way the world world is gonna use us in our lives. Dark Man X makes a fucking noise! Yo, we can go on for 3,000 hours. No, no, no, give him the drink time shirt. Come on, give him the drink time shirt. I got that.

I'll be got it, respect. I got it. Look, you got to go. And you know what? I just want to say thank you for taking your time out. You looked at me face to face, man to man. You said I don't fuck with radio. I don't fuck with podcast. I don't like doing radio interviews

and that. But the way you presented it and you asked me, I'm sorry, not. I have to be a real person. I don't like doing interviews with them. But the way you present it, you ask me, I'm trying not. Thank you. I want to say thank you. I don't want to say thank you. You're a real nigga for that.

And I humble myself. Thank you for being a real nigga. Nah, I needed you. It's easy to fuck with a real nigga. Oh my God, it's so easy to fuck with a real nigga. Thank you. This is our first 15 clips. 15 clips, By the way.

Yeah, one more time. One more time. This is how we promote it. Listen, we're coming with you to Club Passion, holding you down. This is your Miami crew, in case you didn't know. We only got about 25 minutes. We usually get about 30, 300, but it's okay. Can I get 16? Yeah, okay. Can I get 16?

Yeah, 16. Can I get 16? Go, go, go. I want 16 for my man, Norby. 16 for my man, Norby. What? 16 for my man, Norby. Now, get it, get it, get it.

Oh, me? Yeah. I'm fucked up. I fell off, man. Nah, nah. I don fucked up. I fell off, man. Nah, nah. You know what I don't understand is, like I said, that's all, I love my life. I told him about it.

I love my life. Live my own life. I sacrifice. What? This game we play. I live and pray. And be all set. Live your life, A-Rab.

Live your life. Woo. Well, I got the hang of it. You know that. Yo, DMX, let's make some noise for DMX. Everybody. Everybody in the building. Your ex.

We know you ain't had to do this. And we know you got a lot of money. I wanted to. Everywhere where you at. And you know what? I just want to say thank you. This is my partner, DJ EFN. Thank you.

You know what I'm saying? EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN.

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EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. EFN. I really thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. You really had to do this. You could have told me. I'm going to hang out with you all weekend. I would never tell you that, man.

And nobody can get you. So listen, all you podcasts out there. Just so you know, I don't do interviews. I don't do it. It ain't happening no more. It ain't happening no more. Next time you see me do an interview, it'll be a documentary. For your documentary.

We'll do it. Yo, we love you, DMX. Everybody make some noise for DMX! Let's get it on. Let's get it on. Say that one more time. Let's get it on.

We need one of them. This is our promo right here. That's how we call it. Drink chat. Ain't too many Ain't too many Ain't too many rap dudes man This real is what you got

At the table right now man Thank you my brother I appreciate that Real shit I ain't never sucked a dick In my life man But I recognize real I recognize real

And I fuck with you And I see you in the worst hoods ever I be wondering I be like how is he here Then I think about myself I say how the fuck am I here How the fuck am I here? How the fuck am I here?

We're God's special people. Because the devil is working overtime on trying to destroy our lives. Around us, not through us. So the more problems, that's why I said my church would be called House of the Afflicted. House of the Afflicted. Because unless you have a problem, don't come to my church problem We need you to open a church in Miami My church ain't about dressing up I'll see you with the big hat

We need you to open a church in Miami So I can be blessed First First No I need you Come to Miami Your first church The Baptist church of flesh of my flesh

Flesh of my flesh Flesh of my flesh This table is dope This table dope, yo. This table. This nigga. This nigga like DJ Premier on the beach. Yo. Nigga, get it?

Real hip-hop, nigga. N-R-E. N-R-E. Now we on the run, Ian. What? Now we going to Club Passions with DMX, Ali. Mr. E, I'm so sorry, but we had to do it. Because you know why?

Can't nobody else get DMX on their podcast. Can't nobody else get DMX on I'm so sorry, but we had to do it. You know why? Can't nobody else get DMX on a podcast. Can't nobody else get DMX on an interview. But when you a real nigga, you fuck with real nigga. This is what happens. Beat me and DJ DFA. We try to get aguayante. We try to get crazy. We fight with the dog.

That's how it happens. It don't get no better than this. That's how it happens. Free drink! Make some noise! It don't get no better than this. Make some noise! That's some good shit, man. This shit right here, nigga. This shit right here.

Shout out to A.J. and Black Alack. My bad, man. My bad. I'm going to take a piss. And then we out of here. Thank you so much, A.J. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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