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September 21, 2002 - Searches for DMX on pay-per search engine Overture.com were strong in August, but just over 1/3 of the interest drawn by top rapper and fierce rival Ja Rule and 1/10 of kingpin Eminem. DMX garnered 92,522 searches for the month, and many of the searches focused on his developing beef with Ja. 'Party Up' was DMX's most popular song search, while 'The Great Depression' was his most searched for album. For a complete list of DMX related searches, read here.

September 14, 2002 - AllHipHop.com chatted with Charli Baltimore about being on Murder Inc. and working with Irv Gotti, the Tupac Shakur story in the Los Angeles Times that implicated Biggie in his death, and the ongoing beef between DMX and Ja Rule. On the latter subject, Charli commented, "I don’t know what the hell is going on as far as that’s concerned. I just be wanting everything to die down. Negative press is kind of crazy." Read more.

September 7, 2002 - The DMX interviewed by Big Von on KMEL has been posted on snicka.com... but this one is uncensored. Check out what he had to say without the beeps on the Ja Rule beef here.

September 4, 2002 - Ja Rule tells MTV News he has no plans to retaliate against DMX who just recently dropped 'They Want War', he insists the battle was always a one-way skirmish. "I never had a confrontation with DMX," Ja said backstage before last week's MTV Video Music Awards. "He's always had a [problem] with me. Since the beginning of my career, I ignored it. I felt my way of answering him was to be very successful and that would hurt him the most. So I blasted off and now he's back again and he's mad again 'cause of my success." Read more, including news that Ja may have Suge Knight appear in the video for his remix to 'The Pledge' here.

September 2, 2002 - A lot of DMX audio on the growing-by-the-day beef between X and Ja Rule is out now. You can listen to a 11 minute interview on KMEL in San Francisco where called in to call out Ja on a number of issues, including Ja allegedly stealing DMX's style, Ja's sexuality, Irv Gotti and Murder Inc. here. Also, check out the earlier interview on Power 105.1 that got Ja heated up in New York here. Finally, check out X layin' down the attack on Ja with 'They Want War', including the lyrics, here.

September 1, 2002 - Well we still haven't heard DMX's diss of Ja Rule, but so far most of you think he's gonna come out looking like the victor in his beef with the Murder Inc. star. 61.6% of you said X is gonna Ja Rule, while only 11.3% said X is all bark and no bite, Ja Rule's gonna kick it. 14.3% say it's all publicity, while 12.9% hope the two keep it on wax. For the complete results, click here.

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