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August 31, 2002 - The Chicago Sun-Times reports DMX, who is recording an upcoming album in the Windy City, was spotted chilling out at Vision nightclub this week.

August 25, 2002 - popdirt.com's new poll asks who do you think is gonna come out lookin' victorious between Ja Rule and DMX? Vote here.

August 25, 2002 - RapBasement.com has the audio clips of Ja Rule going off on DMX on Hot97 Friday. After Ja went off, they spoke with Murder Inc. chief Irv Gotti who says money isn't the question with the beef, but he hopes the thing gets resolved and tells X to "Check yourself." Listen to both audio clips here.

August 24, 2002 - According to the Wendy Williams message boards, the beef between Ja Rule and DMX just got really ugly. Ja reportedly called into Hot97 and was, according to a post, "yelling at the top of his lungs and was telling DMX to come get a piece of him! He was calling him a crack head and everything!" This was in response to DMX's appearance on Power 105.1 earlier today where he went off on Ja. Now people are hoping this don't reach the street. Hopefully some audio clips or more details on this will emerge soon.

August 24, 2002 - DMX has growled back to the New York Daily News following Irv Gotti's comments on San Francisco's KMEL-FM saying that X was doing his Ja Rule diss track because he was "a tad jealous". "Gotti could have had the balls to talk to me," DMX fumed. "He's my friend. That's fu**ed up. I've been trying to holla at him for a minute and he hasn't called back. Oh sh**. That's crazy." DMX says he's already recorded the 'Ruled Out' single, but isn't sure when he'll release it.

August 14, 2002 - MTV News caught up with DMX to talk about his latest movie 'Cradle 2 the Grave'. X says he prefers the film work to the music biz. "I can sell 5 million albums and only get a half a million dollars," he explained. "One movie, I'm up to like $8 million. It's less headaches, and they actually treat you with respect in the film industry. In the music industry, you're just another n---a who can rap or just another n---a who can sing. That's how they treat you, that's how they dispose of you. 'Oh, we got another one here. Forget about him, we got another one just like him.' They always got another one just like you." Read more.

August 14, 2002 - Anonymous writes "As noted on this site, Ja Rule is clearly making comments about someone on the Remix to the Pledge with Ashanti and Nas. However, DMX may not be the target. If you listen closely, he starts by say whats up Suge, then refers to the "Dog" in question as "Bitch Dog" and comments that the rapper in question has curls... Hmmm sounds less like DMX and more like Snoop." Note: He also says "murder would be the case," another Snoop reference. I'd agree it's about Snoop. You can download the track off KaZaA. 

August 10, 2002 - Ren of Sixshot.com has on hand at Saturday's second annual Funkmaster Flex Celebrity Car Show. DMX was there but didn't seem too impressed with the autos on display. "I ain't seen nothing yet," he said. "I'm going to check out my joints. My mans and them are already here, and they already told me the competition is none. You can eat off the bottom of my car, dog. You could flip my car upside down and eat off chrome. I'm a connoisseur, man. I've got a few joints, man, from like 1930 to like 1970. [My favorite one] is not finished all the way, but it's my '57 Cadillac Fleetwood. From the back door to the tail is chrome." Read more.

August 9, 2002 - Popbitch.com reports DMX is dating Sade's little sister and is hoping to collaborate with Sade later this year. X told MTV News a few days ago, "I wanna work with Sade. I'd love to work with her. We'll reach out." Last I heard DMX was still married to Tashera Simmons. Hmmm....

August 9, 2002 - Irv Gotti sounded off on the news that DMX is upset at Ja Rule. Irv said in an interview on a San Franscisco radio station, "What's going on is DMX is totally 100% in the wrong." Irv pointed out several Ja songs that DMX never would have made and asked, "What the heck is he talkin' about?" Irv let DMX get his digs in to "dig his own grave." He does admit that 'Holla Holla' "does sound like DMX, but the rest of his whole career, none of his records sound nothing like you dog." He's sayin' DMX is jealous 'cause his last album, 'The Great Depression' didn't sell well. Gotti also took shots at X and Jay-Z for doin' nothing for him even though he's done a lot for both of them. Finally, he touched on Nas, having good things to say about him. Listen to the interview at Snicka.com.

August 7, 2002 - MTV News caught up with DMX to talk about his collaboration with members of Rage Against the Machine which are set to land on upcoming movie soundtracks. "I got a rock joint," X bragged recently. "I did two songs with Rage Against the Machine. One song is 'We Gonna Get It Right,' and the other one is 'Here I Come.' I only met one of [the group members]. I pretty much got a CD and did the damn thing." DMX's spokesperson said the plan is to have 'Here I Come' appear on the soundtrack to 'Cradle 2 the Grave,' which stars DMX and Jet Li, while 'We Gonna Get It Right' will be featured as the lead cut from the soundtrack to MTV's 'Jackass: The Movie'. Read more.

August 7, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Yesterday Power 105.1 NY continually played a new track featuring Nas, Ja Rule and Ashanti, where Nas continually chants I-N-C. This could be the first thing to possibly confirm Irv Gotti's claims of signing Nas. Also, in the track, Ja Rule says some lines that sound like they could be aimed to diss DMX ("Get at me dawg..." an obvious reference to DMX). Hot 97 wasn't on top of the record, possibly indicating Nas is still holding a grudge and is favoring the station to which he immigrated to after being shut down at 2002 Summer Jam for attempted to lynch a doll of Jay-Z."

August 6, 2002 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News spoke with Jerzee Monet of the Ruff Ryders on her unlikely pairing with DMX on the preachy, acoustic soul song 'Most High.' "It just goes to show, change can come from anybody," Monet explains. "It finally took a toll on [DMX] that we need to be speaking about this violence." Read more.

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