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July 30, 2002 - MTV News caught up with a heated DMX, who says he's gonna unleash a nasty diss track against onetime pal Ja Rule on his upcoming album titled 'Ruled Out'. X explained, "I been thinking about it for a minute," he continued to bark. "I bit him lightly, on the second album [Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]. 'Use to be my dog, you were in my left t--ty.' The funny sh-- is that Gotti did the beat. But I see he didn't get the point. I'm like, 'Come on dog, what are you doing?'" 
What set X over the edge? "We in the club in L.A. one night, he got his people, I got my people," he said. "We at two different sides of the club. Me, out of respect — that's my n---a — I take two people with me to get through the crowd. I take a bottle of liquor over there, have a couple of drinks with my n---a, 'cause that's how I am. Two weeks later we happened to be in the same club. Same circumstances. Some kid walks over to me and says, 'Ja says he's over there.' I'm like, 'Alright, is he gonna come over?' 'Nah, he said come over there.' Get the f--- out of here, man. I already extended my hand once. Give me the same courtesy. You can't do the same as me? I sent him right back over there. You think [Ja] would come over there after all of that. Nothin'! I'm like, 'F--- you!'" Read more, including a slight diss of Nelly here.

July 25, 2002 - MTV News caught up with Ruff Ryders co-CEO Waah at his office in Yonkers, New York where he revealed the label's plans to finish the year strong with releases by DMX and Jadakiss. "We're going to have a full blowout. It's going down," he said Monday. "X is working. We're looking to make another statement with X." As for Jadakiss, Waah added, "Jada's in the lab. He's getting ready to drop some strong hip-hop. We're looking forward to dropping him before the year is out. Kiss has about five or six songs he's ready to lay. He's expecting to take it to the next level, so he's taking his time with it." Read more.

July 23, 2002 - DMX was nominated for Best Rap Video (Who We Be) and Breakthrough Video (Who We Be) for this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Read all the nominations here.

June 21, 2002 - Davey D reports that Brooklyn rapper, Mr. D. Original is set to file suit against DMX and Ruff Ryders producer, Swizz Beatz claiming that the two Beats stole his song, 'Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone'. D. Original states, "When Swizz Beatz stole my song and released it on the "Exit Wounds" soundtrack, it came out corny, wack, and shallow. "Ain't No Sunshine" didn't move his career or that "Exit Wounds" soundtrack forward, If anything, it was the obvious decline of DMX." Read more.

June 13, 2002 - Eminem was featured in The Source Unsigned Hype Column. So were Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Mobb Deep, Capone-N- Noreaga and Common. Now contestants from all over the United States are participating in the first "Rbk/The Source Unsigned Hype Freestyle" promotion -- turning in their demo tapes for a shot to become the next star in the hip- hop world. To enter the contest, consumers must go to an official Rbk retailer to obtain an entry form, then submit their demos to The Source for judging. Read more.

June 6, 2002 - MTV News reports DMX has put his planned summer Bloodline Tour on hold to finish a movie and two upcoming albums. "I'll put out [the solo] one this fall, and the soundtrack in January," the rapper said at Saturday's taping of the MTV Movie Awards. His management said it is unclear when he'd hit the road next. Read more.

June 3, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of DMX at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles Saturday night. Check them out here.

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