Why DMX Isn’t On Def Jam Fight For New York

[@cloutcancun]

Additional Info: It's rumored that DMX was going to be the boss of the Hunt's Point Scrapyard venue in the game. -Also his songs 'Where The Hood At' and 'Who We Be' were cut from the game as well

[@codymorton2028]

It was because the president that signed him to def jam him & Jayz partnered up but DMX was in debt by 10 million dollars and Jayz paid the debt for him to get him off of the label because he retired after that

[@sagethemisfitt]

Yeah he was supposed to be that boss fight but the created a made up character named tech to replace him. His design was basically supposed to be DMXs design

[@sagethemisfitt]

Nvm I just finished the whole short 😂

[@crismagno865]

Like number 100 in this comment I dont speqk english 😅

[@allye4140]

Dmx is what the game was missing when ppl saw tech they was like wtf is this mf 😂

[@Corsean]

He was gone be even harder in def jam fight for New York

[@IceTre]

Always wondered who that was, it never made sense to me until now lol

[@wilmarmercado]

​@@IceTreDMX never occurred to me, I always thought of 50 Cent because of the bulletproof vest, when that video game came out, 50 Cent was the rapper you could most expect to be in a video game,He has 2 video games, and even in GTA San Andreas there are dealers, those who sell drugs, I think they wear bulletproof vests,The first thing I thought in those years is, to make this character they thought of 50 Cent.

[@KeroseneKerosine]

​@wilmarmercado listen, i love tech and i love snoop....but DMX and 50 are both from New York, while Tech is from Missouri and Snoop from Cali

[@drodeehaze12]

Dmx isn’t lying because Ice t said the same shit on twitter.. for def jam fight for ny ice t said most of the rappers didn’t get paid and also they have to get the license to use the rights for the artist music etc so that’s why there has not been another def jam since icon

[@KeroseneKerosine]

Yep, EA gotta abuse their staff

[@amerikkkasmostwanted7489]

I mean honestly I can’t blame him, but I swear to god when I first popped in fight for New York the first thing I said was I’m picking DMX 😂 That didn’t go as planned

[@jkbawlson391]

RIP 🕊️DMX

[@LegionIscariot]

DMX looked like he was about to lose his mind up in there.

[@tubster105]

Keep in mind this game sold over a million copies So his pay would’ve been between 20k-30k For use of his image/likeness/music And a days worth of work recording voice lines for his character.

[@tubster105]

With how many artists they had in the game it would’ve been a 💩 show if they promised each artist 50k or more for their appearance I think the dog was short sighted in his decision

[@YeyeJunior]

@@tubster105 the game made tens of millions, they could'v paid X handsomely being that he WAS defjam all day. He wiped his ass w 2cents He knew his worth

[@tubster105]

Def Jam didn't fund the game that's 1 and 2 It's still a business If they paid X that amount of money many artists would've expected a similar payout. And like I said before it was a days worth of work to perform voice lines in the game. Intro banter Mid fight taunts Outro banter And maybe some audio messages. These weren’t all day movie shoots at most these were 2 hour sessions. Easy money could’ve given it to his family if he didn’t need the money. @@YeyeJunior

[@cosmicparsec9463]

But don't forget that outside the United States, the PlayStation 2 was the console with the most pirated games in the world. If it wasn't for that, DMX would have made at least 50k to be in the game.

[@CarbajalQZ]

@@cosmicparsec9463I thought it was ps1

[@sinofwrath9934]

Funny enough, I actually tried to remake DMX in FFNY just by using the custom character creator. Most of that inspiration came from the Vendetta version and it actually went really well together. His move set on the other hand was a bit tricky but I managed to get most of that stuff in to make it as accurate as possible

[@ClassicBlackEliteRacer]

I can definitely see DMX being one of the best characters in the game, maybe he could’ve been even more broken than Sticky Fingaz, had he remained

[@Wizard_of_Light]

There is 44 celebrity in the game. Plus the team of production. Plus the rent. Plus the technology. Plus the price of physical support. Plus every other fee. Yeah. Doesn’t seem much, but everyone need to eat in the end

[@bmstyty3549]

But the game sold really well tho still no excuse

[@zayytesla]

I means it’s all business up 2 you if you feel the money is worth such.

[@tonefaulcon9729]

2 cents for every rapper in the game. If every rapper is tryna get paid for a collab, they company is disincentivized to make the game, because they can make a game the doesn’t have that expense. OR EA Games can pay Def Jam for use of all of their images, and Def Jam can cut the check to the individual artists. Either way, we as the fans lost a classic. WWE still making games and getting wrestlers paid while giving the fans of the series what they want. I guess our people ain’t as business savvy as we think we are.

[@firstcooommment3675]

@@bmstyty3549 For what the game cost and the amount of copies sold, nobody should’ve expected to get a massive payout. For the 40+ celebrities, likeness, and songs, plus royalties. The game would have needed to have been pushing more than the almost 2 million copies it sold. For everyone to get a decent payout. The game sold well. But there’s a reason not many celebrities collab together on games.

[@brianpittmen7059]

Dmx Savage

[@famousjaywage]

RIP DMX HE WAS THAT GUY IN VENDETTA but he wasn’t having that Bs again He need his money 🤣🤣💸

[@jonny3801]

Legendary shit

[@antjaguar9]

Ll Cool J should've been on there but i know Dan-G was based off of him kinda like how Ryder was based off of Eazy-E from gta San Andreas but voice by Westcoast rapper Mc Eiht. I also heard Keith Murray wasn't on ffny because he was locked up but idk I was really young around that time. I feel like Foxy Brown should've been on there most definitely 💯

[@RAMIR3Z0]

I see his frustration with getting paid 2 cents a game but i still wouldve took it. Id be honored to be in a def jam sequel 😂

[@jyanharris7957]

Dating all the way back to colonial times the powers that be never want to pay a black man for his likeness and image!! Sad! Yes his music was about 60% of the sound track and the heart & soul of the fights!

[@mrlofi333]

Exactly

[@nickdogg7320]

Good fucking grief.

[@VanillaMidgetSSBM]

DMX had 3 songs in the game out of 21, 23 if you count the Japanese exclusive content. 15% of the OST is him, he shows up ONCE in the story mode right before the Def Jam tournament. Making 2 cents on every sale was probably royalties

[@AntJay-kc7ps]

🤦🏽How the hell have you made this fucking reach

[@AntJay-kc7ps]

​@@mrlofi333🤦🏽 I'm convinced you people are slow

[@JLTheMonster]

Maybe a dollar at most but everyone gotta get some typa money. Developers, productions Idk bout that one. Money wasn’t like it was now then too so probably a fair deal fr

[@theobell2002]

Exactly. I don't know why people are taking DMX's side on this. Like bro, you're not the only artist in this game. There are 40+ other artists that also had to get paid.

[@leewightman8619]

Saying that the two cents of every game sold would have made him a few grand thats peanuts to dmx dude was worth around 60 million maybe more

[@kingjr4911]

R.I.P Dmx that was a great game defjam vendetta and defjam fight for New York was a super fantastic game as well but you right don’t let them play you Dmx they had you fucked up

[@adanrose6433]

DefJam Vendetta is the GOAT

[@tremelhoward5656]

Yup tru

[@joesupg1695]

Fight for New York is 100x better

[@CodyPorter-ow1om]

Yeah and with DMX will been 200 times better​@@joesupg1695

[@TheDreadMan]

If this game came out in modern times And this happened DMX will be downloadable content / DLC today

[@wilmarmercado]

Wow, just like May the great DMX rest in peace, we all know that it was not noticed that he was not there,The DJFFNY video game was so incredible that it broke everything and became the best fighting video game of the generation of those consoles, and it is today a classic,There are new fighting video games, but DJ 2 is a classic and it is there again to play, it is like for a generation that buys those machines with large chips and has it in their homes,The DJ is that you just have to have a TV from before for the video game to look good,I always thought that the one with the bulletproof vest was a reference or I didn't get the name right, from 50 Cent,because he had the bulletproof vest like 50 Cent, and always when he saw that character he said it alluded to 50 Cent, who also had his video game, and 2004 coincidentally was the year of 50 Cent,Def Jam 3 went very badly, it's a shame, and Def Jam Vendetta had few artists and was surely a success,It is also a great video game, and it must have been so successful that it gave profits to make the masterpiece of its sequel,I understand what DMX meant, with the first video game, he was a protagonist, but when the second one came out everything was crazy, each unlock was incredible, and he surpassed the artists,the story is impressive, and the artists doing their characters their voices is really something incredible,that something new should be done, now it's difficult, many rappers are complicated, there are problems again,for example Diddy appears in a Def Jam but it is to do karaoke, it is also a great video game but it has nothing to do with DJ 1 and 2,and it would be impressive if they released something similar, although it is impossible, EA Sport no longer does video games like that.

[@bobbyhunter1993]

I clearly don't blame DMX for sayin all dat. When I saw Def Jam game for $50 I was like Hell Nah u can't be serious

[@paranormedic]

MY GAME

[@KonyMyHero]

I'm surprised those were going to be his stats. Seems low for him.

[@freedomandintellectualthou7615]

I thought so too. But he does have high stats in three categories.

[@kingpacman_9118]

Along with DMX, Keith Murray and Funkmaster Flex should have been in . Along with some other circuit fighters like Headache

[@d6rkOfHate]

If he wouldve accepted it we couldve got this game remastered i know it.

[@chalate503tv]

He would have made $200k since djffny sold a million copies

[@saltyjafar4002]

20k not 200k. I mean it definitely adds up even in 2003- 2004 that's good money for a few days of work. But I completely understand it financially for both sides of it

[@infinphoenix13]

😢😢. Im guessing Dan G was supposed to be LL Cool J

[@eltauroanansibtcyt6171]

He would of been RICH!!!!

[@jessiedamon676]

they dont pay for anything no artist get paid they get fame thats it no privacy only the ones that promo deals

[@RomanSantos-gj6ud]

They won't they won't

[@B90J]

Next a next game and movie

[@CodyPorter-ow1om]

Damn I did not know this I see why he wasn't on the game they should have paid that man more they fucked up for that

[@beezy_b]

Idk why turn down money not like he was going to stop the game

[@chalate503tv]

Wonder how much money he missed out on

[@zajijudge5438]

On dogs y wasn’t he in that

[@ferarribrown5752]

X and Ja

[@YoungPoorRighteousTeacher99]

X Was Definitely The Hardest To Beat In Def Jam Vendetta 😂😂😂

[@Dartshmart]

So dmx bro, how is money spending going?))) 😂

[@houstonpromotion]

At least 50 cents but not .2cents

[@taylorgard7913]

He made 40000. Off a video game people greedy

[@mrsporadicsporkguy5481]

Def Jam ffny sold over a million copies. Doing the math DMX would have gotten paid 20,000 not including any taxes. I can see why DMX at the peak of his career wouldn't take it.

[@RAB1D_ROB0TS]

Well 2 cents for every game. So that's 20,000 for every million games sold. I mean $20,000 to be in a dope game. And to get all that free advertisement. Hmmm 🤔.

[@djtoxicdhg]

I mean yea 2 sents is insulting but when you have to have like 30 other artists on the game it makes sens why thay can't pay out a better rate sins its still tecknicly a neesh gameing genre plus the game only sold 1millon copies

[@MitchMighty253]

He act like the game wasn’t popular, plus more advertising for him. A lot of people know these artist from these games

[@AntJay-kc7ps]

🤦🏽 Wtf does that have to do with the money and no they don't these artists were already household hence why they were in the game to begin with

[@MitchMighty253]

@@AntJay-kc7ps there’s plenty of people that found out about these people from this game. Just cause it was a household name for you and your people doesn’t mean it was for other people. I knew all of them but I’m smart enough to know not everyone knows the people I or my family/friends listen to. It made them more known outside of black households.

[@MitchMighty253]

@@AntJay-kc7ps the amount of copies of the game sold has to do with the money jack wagon. If it’s popular it means more copies were bought

[@AntJay-kc7ps]

@MitchMighty253 🤦🏽 ffs just stop talking it just didn't the majority of them were already mainstream famous it wasn't a roster of fucking underground rappers and wtf does black have to with anything ffs rap was one of the biggest genres in the world at that point talking like white people were just being introduced to it how ridiculous do you sound

[@AntJay-kc7ps]

@@MitchMighty253 Wtf does that have to do with anything genius he wasn't happy about what the split would be keep up

[@SetsunaFSeiei-qy6kg]

*THEN TRIED THAT DEF JAM RECON BS FOR XBOX 360.*

[@NAMEKDENDE]

Clout cancun

[@Username-cb4fg]

That shit was whack

[@cloutcancun]

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[@YeyeJunior]

how they did X or the game itself ?

[@kingreese74]

U smoking crack!!

[@antjaguar9]

I hope you're saying what happened to X lol that's pretty messed up 💯