DMX Vs Jay-Z - What Happened?

DMX and Jay-Z have a turbulent history that dates all the way back to 1993. What started as a rap battle would become a friendship and then turn sour. Today we deep dive into DMX and Jay-Z's full history and how this beef came about.
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[@jwood8769]

Sad to see C through his drug addiction in this video. You can see it get progressively worse through each video and it’s sad

[@Podegato19]

Crack is wack

[@zaydagoat6952]

Yep n the dark thing is some people were laughing at it n saying he went broke RIP DMX

[@reaper.-._.-._.-._.-.]

It bums me out becase he reminds me of my dad who had the same issue.

[@theoneaboveall6768]

That’s because 1 of his guy use to lace blunts with other hard drugs and he didn’t know it. That’s how it started and by the time he knew it was too late .

[@iMelanin]

@@theoneaboveall6768Yup, started from the time he were a child, and my heart broke for him when hearing him tell his story. That’s so fucked up, fr.

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Hard as the years go on to see X's speech and thought patterns getting worse due to his drug addictions.......one of the best of all-time to do it.

[@bmoreboy8865]

I literally came here just to type this.

[@bikersofafrica]

I appreciate that he acknowledged God in each of his albums. RIP DMX🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@tracyparker7897]

I agree DMX. Jz talented with no heart compared to you. RIP to the Heart..1-Love

[@aidanthomas2510]

RIP X man... definitely one of the best to ever do it. It's a shame we never got to see him, Jay & Ja on a track again.

[@Masedogg10k]

Glad we got x nd 50 tho

[@unclezefusi]

@@Masedogg10k50’s a bum This video clearly shows ja rules and even jada’s level, and where they stand till this day… ja’s a legend 50’s a bum singer

[@FinesseTheFrank]

X & Jay were threatened by Ja. They hated on dude for nothing

[@Demsky83]

@@FinesseTheFrankI don’t remember them hating on Ja. DMX was right to think that Ja was biting his style. I thought that was his protege when I first heard the track.

[@ThePsychoticCircusofSavannah]

​@@FinesseTheFrank😂😂😂 "ok"

[@jacobsfitnessladder285]

A Pac and X track would have been insanity.

[@rvght_]

No doubt

[@johnwebb2442]

Most Definitely.

[@the5thspirit]

I think they would’ve been tight ass friends

[@armaniransom9296]

I can hear it now 😂😂🤟🏽🔥

[@kevinsutherland6388]

Would never happen, DMX dissed 2pac, in the original version of " get at me dog" look it up on KZbin 👍

[@instacrownz]

It’s sad to hear X doing interviews high..RIP to a legend

[@LawrenceTurnerMUSiC]

I have DMX taking the W if a legit back and forth ever happened. Hands down 100%.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Why

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

DMX career was cold after that 3rd album and Jay-Z became a billionaire

[@kholt2671]

Ur crazy!!!!!!

[@harlempyro]

X already did that, that was the problem for Jay, pretending to have peoples back in the industry but truly a Puppet for his own selfishness! 🖕🏾Hov

[@2hunnit395]

@@shawtyeatemup1352the jayz glazin is insanity

[@123theprodigy5]

Man, once hova took over death jam, he purposely sabotaged DMX career. ex was on fire until Jay Z happened. he had an incredible run.

[@bleek1523]

Umm wrong x fucked up his career on his own. His choices were his choices.

[@tumishomogano1574]

I hate jay z and I will never like him 😒 😤long live DMX

[@123theprodigy5]

Despite his drug addiction and constantly being arrested, DMX still manage to put out great music.

[@horatioh2020]

Really? According to DMX the opposite happened. Before he left Def Jam for Sony dmx owed the Company $12 million. It was Jayz that signed him off and made him leave debt free to go pursue his career. Hahaha but i guess you cant please everybody, i dont even know why Jay tries. Dmx got lucky with that gesture being he already was in arrears due to back Child Support payments and such i think millions of dollars, it was Jay Z being in a management/ceo position that gave dmx a huge break in life when he didn't have to. I sure wish i had enemies like Jay Z. Lol, 😅

[@maxjulian3051]

J couldn't fuck with x. Period

[@mvanse]

“Everybody know Jay ain’t shit” - Dame

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Ayooooooo🤣

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Aint Shit? Dude's a Billionaire.......Dame can say whatever he want. Jay is paid for life.

[@mossablahmaza]

Puffy too but he aint shit​@@jimmyplenderleith9471

[@RedTopGhost320]

@@jimmyplenderleith9471 You can be paid for life & still be a piece of shit

[@antoiner3820]

Like everyone knows dame is bitter lol.

[@ishmaelpeah6623]

Honesty dmx and jay-z beef reminded me of goku and vegeta

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Why

[@hassanmuhammad3258]

😂 WHAT

[@QstormtheGod]

Grow up

[@ishmaelpeah6623]

@@QstormtheGod u grow up fool

[@user-ks2jf7jz9q]

​@@QstormtheGodFUCK You DBZ 4ever 💯🔥🔥

[@sherlockholmez8764]

DMX made Belly.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

He really did

[@bobbyspanino6874]

For real

[@pwatchem2868]

Jay was never supposed to have that role… Thats cap

[@AlexDrewsumin]

Belly is sooo good

[@duaneninjaray]

If u can say a prayer and have the whole crowd cryin, that's more than talent, its more than a gift.. Jay stalled him, that's foul as fk bro

[@SamsP.O.V-hd7rb]

It’s sad that people like you don’t see everything clearly! Dmx was a drug addict! Jay knew he was destroying himself but X couldn’t see it. Why would Jay stall someone who was destroying his own self?

[@nbarealtalker]

Been waiting on this one. DMX was done so dirty by the industry.

[@mukhubavincelly9831]

No the industry…jay z is evil

[@younggod3906]

Facts

[@jeffreym8503]

Nah x was not x then and was having serious issues with drugs during that time

[@jaust9077]

Jayz cleared huge debts for X. Despite the friction jay stoll looked out for him

[@RiZzYbLaNcO]

Seeing dat footage of X & Jay rappin backstage on tour back in 99 was nostalgic as fukk🔥 & exactly why ion fukk wit today's music..R.I.P X

[@SamsP.O.V-hd7rb]

Yes but Jay never bad mouth X knowing he was struggling on drugs. Dame’s own children say he ain’t ish.

[@mimirahim4028]

He said it best. "He is talented, but he has no heart, or no soul".....RIP DMX.

[@icebergthegamer]

From 98-2000 Dmx really was the top rapper out. I’m a huge DMX fan. The problem with X was his 4th album. It wasn’t great. Jay came out with blueprint and really took the crown after that. Then when X dropped grand champ, Jay had black album. Jay really dropped two classics within that time span and just took the momentum tbh.

[@3shotsacocktail193]

Exactly.

[@mimirahim4028]

Due to kanye

[@realfloxks__0637]

Jayz was the hottest rapper in 98

[@icebergthegamer]

@@realfloxks__0637 nope

[@torianmcneill3794]

@@realfloxks__0637X was 2 albums in 98 number 1

[@TonyBakercomedy]

I respect how honest Jay kept it about the tour.

[@CWillGetWitCha_973]

Just like 70% of his raps….He repeated what Jim Jones said on Drink Champs YEARS ago

[@steve-ie6ju]

2:33 The rap battle that Jay-Z & DMX had in the early 1990's had got so intense that guns were even pulled out. Big L was only able to film Jay-Z's part because they didn't let him film DMX's part as it wasn't copy-written

[@luckylefty914]

U just repeating what dame dash said

[@steve-ie6ju]

@@luckylefty914 Because it wasn't mentioned in this video. Did you even think of that

[@shadowlerker]

🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

[@steve-ie6ju]

@@shadowlerker Dame Dash who was actually there said this so how is it cap. You weren't there and this came from someone who actually was so know your facts instead of unknowingly commenting about what you don't know

[@luckylefty914]

@@steve-ie6ju nahhh u just saying it cuz u wanted to feel like u knew something lol

[@corisaunders1616]

I want to see Jadakiss vs Beanie Sigel next

[@Rahim95s]

Yesss!! We need that def👌🏿

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

They was beefing

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

​@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 yeah Beanie Segal got Ole boy

[@dlt2k7]

@@shawtyeatemup1352 no Beanie didn't get the best of Jada. Beanie had State Property ghost write his song, and Jada still had the better bars.

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

@dlt2k7 man that song with the disco bet was fuking terrible

[@thygreatmark]

love these videos man. thank you.

[@jaleelkhaleeq]

If DMX wasnt addicted to Drugs he def wouldve beat out Jay Z in the long run i think thats the only thing that crippled him

[@91Definite]

Definitely the drugs really fucked up his growth despite his hits it didn’t last long.

[@KING-RICO.]

Jay becoming president having him on contract slowed him down at the time … but yeah the drugs would have played a toll later regardless

[@BL77357]

Should've would've could've...

[@TeenaDavis101]

You crazy. It probably helped. We don't know the demons he was fighting.

[@KING-RICO.]

@@TeenaDavis101 facts brotha 💯

[@r.m94beatz94]

I been waiting for this

[@donaldlove1888]

Jay Z COULD NEVER FUCK WITH X

[@BogeyZero]

Bar for bar, rhyme for rhyme, X ain’t touching Hov. But X got that passion and heart that Jay don’t really got no more

[@angeleyesbreezy]

Couldn't come close at all.

[@realfloxks__0637]

@@BogeyZerothis is funny

[@zonatanrecords60]

​@dirtyreezyifyjay z will never make music like d m x

[@SynicalBeats]

Excellent video. And RIP X.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Johnanthony, thank you for uploading a video on two of the biggest MCs of the 90s (possibly of all time), Jay vs DMX. Johnanthony, you are the king of hip-hop documentaries on KZbin, man. 😊

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Plus, Johnanthony, you are 10x better than overrated Diverse Mentality!

[@QstormtheGod]

U said the same thing to diverse

[@kenterminateddq5311]

When? I don't mess with DM in a long time! ​@@QstormtheGod JohnAnthony is my guy for documentaries.

[@blacksuburban2410]

DMX didn’t walk out of the Death Row meeting because of “not liking the deal that HE was offered.” He walked out because of the deal that Waah was offered. Suge was essentially tryna cut the Ruff Ryders name out. And if you know anything about X, you know that he can’t be bought. Just ask Puff! Waah took X to Bad Boy with the LoX and Ma$e. And Puff signed everyone EXCEPT for X… Saying that X was too gritty, too rough, and not marketable. So both Mase AND the LoX fought to get X on their albums. Those joints combined with mixtape freestyles and features with other artists like Black Rob, Mic Geronimo, DJ Clue, and more built X’s buzz like crazy. So by the time Def Jam signed X, he’d already built a crazy fan base and everybody knew he was special. So right after Def Jam signed him, Puff went to him behind everyone else’s back (everyone like Lyor Cohen, Russell Simmons, and Def Jam as well as DMX’s agent, management, and team. And Puff offered to double X’s budget AND give him a big signing bonus.

[@zapadinschi.]

Love it B, when we getting What Happened Cam and Jim?

[@prettylaurynn]

Hell yeah ! Nobody’s done that yet

[@johnwebb2442]

Jay Z and DMX going at each other is no different than blood brothers going at each other for bragging rights of hip hop/rap supremacy.

[@JA-mj9re]

Dmx all day , top 5 dead or alive 🔥🔥

[@swat686]

No lie. I have X as my number 2 right behind Pac.

[@JA-mj9re]

@@swat686 respect that 💯 i have X as number 4 behind nas , Pac , rakim. 🔥

[@swat686]

🔥🔥 list. Rakim was the first one to have rhyme scheme inside his rhymes. Rakim is The God of Rap. 2pac is the Muhammad of rap. Biggie is Jesus of Rap. Nas is Moses. Eminem is the Devil of Rap.😂😂

[@diontaedaughtry974]

I wish I was more aware of this battle in the late 90's and early 2000's. Fantastic break down.

[@julioacceus253]

I don't want to talk negative about that interview but I found it weird he brought this up after X passed away.

[@moontexts]

Yea i was thinking that; Jay Z feels disingenuous to me but that’s personal opinion. I always loved X, he was real.

[@pwatchem2868]

Why??? Who better to give DMX his flowers then one of his most respected competitors… And that story did nothing but push DMX’s legacy forward

[@Bksaceboogie]

It’s all perspective. I’m leaning on how beautiful of a tribute and bookend that interview was to their relationship.

[@GDSprodify]

Jay-Z should’ve did the Verzus with DMX, they came up together no matter where they at today Jay knows he helps X and X helped him a lot.

[@torianmcneill3794]

Jay didn’t want smoke with X

[@keiththomas111]

Its crazy because i seen them together on stage at Philly Power 99 Power House concert They did "Money,Cash,Hoes" in 1998 i never forget that I'm glad they came together for that a Hip Hop memory that i will never forget.🎤🎧🏆

[@geblokkeerd]

The freestyle on the Stretch and Bobbito show in 1991 was with the rhyme inspector Percee P

[@steve-ie6ju]

13:48 The Murder, Inc group had already formed in 1998 not 1999. They already had the song Murdergram out on the 1998 Streets Is Watching Soundtrack where they are credited as Murder, Inc

[@RaceClistonRacebizzy]

I love that the breakdown was genuine.

[@harlempyro]

X made it very clear he did not fear Jay-z when it comes to the Rap Game, when Jay-z finally had a Opportunity to take a Win from X is when he left him high and dry after the 6th album due to DMX being more Popular for East coast Rap then Jay-Z and Jay hated that low key so he Dub X off Def Jam. I Never bought a Jay-z Album but I have All of DMX’s albums and Mixtapes! #SleepInPowerX

[@jeffreym8503]

Wtf are you talking about x had fell the fuck off and was seriously on drugs then...jay didn't not put his album out because he was hating it was because it sounded like trash

[@thakey651]

RIP. Wished he got off the Rocc

[@Salvatoreluciano.]

I miss this man so much😢 I sadly discovered him almost 2 years after his passing. Little did I realize how great he was! His heart was so pure & innocent🥺❤ in the outside he was this big tuff guy, which he was. But at the same time he was so compassionate. Wish I meet this man. Definently one of the top 5 mcs ever! RIP DMX!!!❌❌

[@ricsancho]

DMX for the win. DMX vs Big Pun, Now that’s a Battle Rap

[@NoName-od2qj]

Pun def wins that one

[@ricsancho]

@@NoName-od2qj I agree

[@killerchampion7554]

Rest in peace the 🐕 the goat

[@angelialiggins7373]

Need that jadakiss vs beanie sigel video I love that one fasho

[@agentsituation1034]

You should do a video on 50 Cent's Street King Immortal album.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

When did that come out

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

WTF

[@karmst1996]

I see jay and dmx's separation as a blessing from God. He was separated from someone who sold their soul to the devil for fame and money.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

That’s deep

[@mrchaotiq]

"I sold my soul to the devil and the price was cheap/ it's cold on this level cause it's twice as deep" - DMX -

[@duro415]

Slave mentality

[@antoiner3820]

Do mf listen to music or do you just skimp through it.

[@WilliamK44]

I’m confused??

[@dumbbellbully413]

What’s crazy is Jay wrote off nearly $13MM X owed Def Jam! That’s crazy and very ungrateful. Tell the entire story though!

[@jaust9077]

Yeah i noticed he never mentioned that in this video. This video Seemed to have a serious DMX bias to it. He said X was the hottest rapper in the world althohgh jay had a album that went 5x platinum lol.In fact in that drink champs interview he edited the part out when X was about to point out that jay wrote off that huge debt.

[@OrlandoReyesPresenta]

They actually had another track together called "why we die" on the Anarchy Busta Rhymes, album, it's a great song

[@BNV4LIFE]

Inmates running the building lol love it if jay kept it solid

[@belsen777]

The only man in history to have 5 platinum albums back to back….and he was still robbin dudes at ATMs with a pit bull

[@Rahim95s]

Rest well X ❤

[@obadiahwashington7060]

I think a DMX movie would be way better then 2 Pac"s, but the question is who will play DMX's roll...🤔🤔🤔

[@preplocc]

The greatest that hip-hop has to offer

[@bmoney6939]

Rest n paridise dmx Gone not forgotten

[@GeminiJo]

Fell in love with DMX when I was 9 years old when he popped up on my tv screen with Get At Me. I remember watching him on live on MTV @ Woodstock 99. We love you X! 😢

[@Sn00pY856]

21:51 🤣😂😂😂🤣 even cam said something about this

[@BogeyZero]

What he say?

[@ThePsychoticCircusofSavannah]

Did that 6th DMX Def Jam album ever leak? I know "Year Of The Dog.... again" dropped - but was that his Def Jam material?

[@harveyblevins74]

Idc what anybody says, IDAHIH is far and away better than any album J EVER did. It's not even close imo. It's a no skip album and the only other hip hop album like that is All Eyes on Me. RIP DMX

[@VinceBond-ky2zt]

To you

[@angeleyesbreezy]

U are absolutely correct

[@jaust9077]

Both albums are classics. Referring to its dark and hell is hot and reasonable doubt. Why do we have to constantly shit on others work to try to elevate something we prefer.

[@lovingthesauce]

DMX =🐐 Jay-Z =🐍

[@animebrospodcast4577]

I don’t believe jay blackballed him doesn’t make sense why do that and still clear his debt . More importantly jay z was the face of def jam but the person running it was actually l.a Reid

[@VinceBond-ky2zt]

Jayz was and is still easy target to hate mostly cos of his braggadocios bars which ironically is funny cos every rapper is boastful but its hurts when Jayz does it cos his raps are actually reality

[@SynicalBeats]

Jay continually showed he's a snake.

[@91Definite]

Yep he fuck a lot of artists over…I’m kinda upset Jaz went back to Jay-Z and not the other way around

[@shadowlerker]

Jay got ate tf up, that's what happened. Jay was always scared of and intimidated by X

[@HTAD111111]

😂

[@KanoGotBars]

You are out killing diverse Mentality with the documentries.

[@E40570]

diverse mentality ain't dying

[@kenterminateddq5311]

diverse mentality is so overrated. Johnanthony is taking his throne.​@@E40570

[@mvanse]

There’s room for both 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

How

[@willardweston8984]

“He took my whole f*ckin flow “

[@justicebowers891]

That freestyle was crazy I miss old rap

[@alvinmatthews2910]

Jay slick talking but X has more wild energy

[@IXIKAYAKOxSAEKIIXI]

Can u do chamillionare and Mike jones

[@killerchampion7554]

Wow I never knew jay dissed him on it's time to build

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

I didn’t know that

[@QstormtheGod]

He didn’t

[@camronshean1758]

@@QstormtheGod Yes he did. Irv Gotti produced the track and he confirmed it

[@thomasleffler6721]

I miss the throwback jersey era so much

[@devantejackson5085]

Can you imagine the Cypher between Pac, BIG, Pun, and X.? Mind Blowing 🤯. It would've been the Best Hip-Hop Cypher in Hip-Hop History. Rest in Peace to All 4 🙏🕊️

[@adryangray8393]

Don't forget about Big L, & Prodigy in that category as well R.I.P. true Kings.........

[@indiosmith1002]

Jay-Z punked out on DMX while everybody's healthy 10 toes down versus Jay-Z and Nas

[@Ruby_Sterling]

I miss X.

[@rucianapollard7098]

Me too

[@Ruby_Sterling]

Jay Z is Machiavellian.

[@rubski-ds9yc]

Jay-Z=hater

[@bundydachosen1]

Which is why jay z gave DMX his masters right ? 😂😂😂

[@kevondretorrey6887]

Do 50 cent vs Ja Rule

[@theprolificnetwork4670]

Everybody got great stories of how they loved their Rivals after they get knocked off.

[@MrWillcapone]

Shittin on Jay on the internet is always the shortcut people take to pretend they're smart. The man is no saint but damn, people. You gotta try to talk about facts at some point. X was carrying a lot of pain, man. Hope he's resting easy now.

[@TheTeehan11]

Sad seeing X in those 2010s videos like that. Bro was in a dark place fr

[@antoniomiles]

He said he originally wrote it for Jay z and Nas

[@SaulOrti-gz5ve]

And remember that there was a third dude that was part of that Cypher, don't remember but i think he was the limo driver or Security... he literally stold the whole Cypher, nobody was expecting it 🫡🤣

[@pwatchem2868]

Why would Jay-Z be jealous of DMX in 2005 when he was by far the biggest rapper in the world at that time and DMX was on the decline…

[@realfloxks__0637]

Exactly

[@wesleybullette5966]

Jay-Z was never and ill say it louder for the NY 🥷 never the biggest rapper in the world

[@jaust9077]

@@wesleybullette5966his album sales for hard knock life beg to differ

[@coreybanks8636]

It's funny because Just-Ice had a beat box named DMX. My old heads know what I'm talking about

[@pickinjunk4165]

Both 🐐

[@user-yt3cl1ep3x]

X a real one

[@jenaestewart5299]

2024 year of the truth

[@dingiswayolungu4338]

Defo two of the best MCs ever

[@SaulOrti-gz5ve]

@JA i truly GREATFUL for the little BIG things you bless us with, those who are so broke and cant afford to be part of your patreon like myself! #Respect 🫡🇵🇷

[@chocolatecaramel4447]

High as a mofo kite in this video. I can't understand a thing he said when he was high.

[@zaydagoat6952]

Man wat it sad to see RIP DMX

[@matthewwhite5600]

Man i miss X,his voice, style,& flow was unmatched!!! Would've loved to see him & my favorite rapper of all time,Pac collaborate on somthn together,that would've been 🔥🔥🔥!!!

[@BRTKW88]

Both are great. X is a legend tho. X babyyyyy!

[@kenhollis8544]

They did s song together on x last album with nas too

[@BOBBIE-KEN]

DMX Year Of The Dog…Again Album Still Went GOLD

[@mochaprincess1764]

They both competitive because they both Sagittarius 😊

[@jalenjames3869]

R.I.P DMX. Just one of those guys with a real soul and heart, hurts to see this guy battle with drugs but he was truly a great person

[@antoniomiles]

If you listen to the bellydvd commentary William said Jay-Z original was supposed to play in the movie with nas

[@pwatchem2868]

He probably went to Jay, but Jay turned it down…

[@camronshean1758]

8:58 They weren't freestyling as Jay-Z rapped his first verse from his song This Life Forever and DMX rapped his verse from Drag-On's song Let's Get Crazy

[@sabot4ge]

back in the 90s, freestyling meant using pre-written songs/rhymes on a different beat. freestyling off the dome happened too but albums took like a year to make, so to promote their upcoming songs, they'd "freestyle" a new song that didnt come out yet or a song from an album that just came out that wasn't a single

[@camronshean1758]

@@sabot4ge I know. A bunch of rappers used verses from their songs all the time in their freestyles on Rap City Tha Bassment with Big Tigger and in freestyles they did on radio shows

[@mirwavy7216]

They did make music again though.

[@falconmotorsports8323]

Difference between doing wrong and being wrong…and that ain’t right

[@jayfarmz5449]

DMX spoke facts! Jay is talented but he is driven by money!

[@brandonmuse5532]

RIP DMX

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

THE DOG, DID HIM, IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johndewberryiii9925]

I wish that versus happened. Him and snoop was dope tho but I know he wanted Jay z that woulda been somethin to see

[@funnybunny840]

funny how when bey stared dating jay z all the female r&b singers stared sizzling out just like dmx did.