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February 28, 2003 - Jamie Foster Brown phoned into the Tom Joyner morning show on Tuesday to talk about the premiere of 'Cradle 2 The Grave', starring DMX and Jet Li. Listen to her thoughts on the movie here.

February 28, 2003 - DMX was a no-show for the Tonight Show last night, where he was supposed to promote his new movie 'Cradle 2 the Grave'. DMX also didn't show up to TRL this week.

February 27, 2003 - MTV News previewed DMX's new film 'Cradle 2 the Grave' with Jet Li on Wednesday's TRL. X said of his co-star, "He's cool. Funny, you know he jokes on the set sometimes, you know." As for the track he authored for the movie, 'X Gonna Give It To Ya', he says, "Just stoppin' by the studio. I wasn't planin' on doin' any work that night but, oh, boy (humming) really slow I didn't realize that was just the build-up. When that beat drops, I was like what?! Hit it, I wrote the whole song right then and there." The film hits theaters on Friday.

February 26, 2003 - DMX and family, Baby from Cash Money, Clipse, Foxy Brown, Blu Cantrell, Wade Robson, and Romeo attended the Warner Brothers premiere of 'Cradle 2 the Grave' at the Ziegfeld Theater on Monday (February 24) in New York City. Check out pictures from Globe Photos, Getty Images, and WireImage.com.

February 24, 2003 - DMX, will promote 'Cradle 2 the Grave' on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday -- and it looks like he'll be performing too, being the only musical guest on the bill.

February 14, 2003 - Billboard.com reports DMX will star in and produce the thriller 'Never Die Alone' for director Ernest Dickerson. Based on a 1974 book by cult novelist Donald Goines, 'Never' also stars David Arquette and Michael Ealy and follows the story of a gangster whose murder is witnessed by an aspiring journalist. The flick is the first feature under DMX's Bloodline Films company. Read more.

February 10, 2003 - SOHH.com reports that in an effort to encourage more writing from urban youth, The Source and DMX have partnered for a hip-hop essay writing contest based on X's autobiography, 'E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX'. Contestants must write a 500-word essay based on either how a loving relationship has similarly affected you, the impact a mentor or role model has had on you, or what examples of X's survival are the most powerful to you and why. Read more.

February 8, 2003 - DMX recently stopped by Hot 97 in New York City to speak with Funkmaster Flex. He talks about his new movie coming out and how his movie career is taking off, the Block Party concert he is performing in and X touches on parts of his job that he hates, his new book 'E.A.R.L' and the labor that went into writing a book, and his car collection. Listen to the interview here.

February 3, 2003 - BET.com caught up with DMX after a recent 106 & Park episode and asked with Valentine's Day coming up what he likes most about women. "I love how a women can make you feel," X said. "The right woman can make you feel like a king and as long as you feel like a king you act like a king, carry yourself like a king, you get treated like a king." Read more.

January 30, 2003 - After finally airing it on MTV's Making The Video on January 27th, DMX's new video 'X Gonna Give It To Ya' has been added to the video section of DMX's re-done website. Check it out here.

January 12, 2003 - Calvin of Sister2Sister magazine chatted with DMX who revealed his next album is his last. X says his heart isn't in it anymore. Asked why, he says, "Fu**ed up by the industry. It's so grimy and petty? and picky and just like 'damn, is this what it's about?'" X continued, "It wasn't like that when I first came in the door. Sh** done got real like funny all of a sudden. What happened to the love for the music? They paying muthafu**ers to play records on the radio stations. Paying people to play the videos. Rap artists, we pay for everything. We pay for our own promotion. We pay for our recording. We pay for our living expenses while we recording. We pay for the tour. We pay for the equipment on the tour. We pay the people that put up the equipment on the tour. We pay for all that sh**! The record company don't pay for that sh**. They put up the money, but it comes right back off our sales. Then the split ain't even fair. After you pay back all the money, after you finish paying for all your sh**, you don't even get to split the money that's coming in after that. That's no split. You get what, 13, 18 percent? What the fu** is that? It's like having ni**as work for welfare. It's just not right. That's what that show was about to me last night." Read more.

January 9, 2003 - The Calgary Sun reports local promoters who had to cancel DMX's scheduled shows in Calgary and Saskatoon after the hip hop artist was turned back at the Calgary International Airport have said things are a go now. Calgary promoters the Alliance Soundcrew received a signed contract yesterday and has spoken extensively with the artist's management. "DMX is now going to be doing a nine-city tour ... so it's worth about half a million U.S. to him. And I've been told by his management team that it's very important he gets back in Canada for his movie career," says Alliance's Stephen Deere. Read more.

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