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March 28, 2003 - Fans of movies, music and martial arts turn out for their favorite stars. Watch rapper DMX in a whole new light at the premiere of his latest flick 'Cradle 2 the Grave' with Jet Li at BeThere.tv. X was their with his wife and kids and said they let him do most of his own stunts.

March 22, 2003 - HipHopDX.com reports that DMX has again had to back out of a tour of Canada. A statement from X's team says: "Due to the intensified security crackdown in the U.S., current travel restrictions due to the War in Iraq, and the unwillingness of Canada's government to allow DMX into the country at this time, DMX will not be performing in Canada March 21-29." Read more.

March 13, 2003 - DMX's appearance on MTV's 'Jammed' on February 26th has been added to Def TV. Watch the three-part video clip here.

March 12, 2003 - Reuters reports the hotly anticipated game 'Def Jam Vendetta' pairs Def Jam with Electronic Arts Inc, and will feature DMX and Method Man and a storyline that brings together the worlds of wrestling and hip-hop. "I think that there is an integral relationship between video games and music," Steve Schnur, who runs music and game audio operations globally for EA, told Reuters recently. "Video gaming is an essential part of the hip-hop lifestyle." The game is due out April 1st. Read more.

March 12, 2003 - DMX took a break on the set of his next movie, 'Never Die Alone,' on Wednesday to confirm rumors of his retirement from hip-hop. "That's the truth. It's my last album," X told MTV News, referring to his upcoming fifth record, 'It's Not a Game'. DMX will continue to act and oversee his Bloodline Records label, but neither will be his priority. "I'm going into the church," he said. "I wanna take some time off — you know, read my Bible and just get more into the word." Read more.

March 3, 2003 - Gene Seymour of Newsday reviewed 'Cradle 2 the Grave' giving it 2 1/2 stars. Seymour writes that the film's "hard thrusts into overdrive can often feel like overkill, especially during that aforementioned juxta.position of slugfest and car chase." He adds on the positive side: "Still, 'Cradle 2 the Grave' does have its rough graces scattered among the twisted debris. Director Andrzej Bartkowiak, the lapsed cinematographer whose previous two films, 'Romeo Must Die' (2000) and 'Exit Wounds' (2001) were almost all muscle and metal, lets this one breathe a little at the edges." Read more.

March 3, 2003 - Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer reviewed DMX's new film 'Cradle 2 the Grave', giving it 1 1/2 out of 4 stars. Toppman writes, "Director Andrzej Bartkowiak has no idea where to put the camera, when to cut a scene, how to draw performances from actors such as Jet Li or DMX. His chases are chaos, his gunfights dull, his hand-to-hand combat marginally more exciting. He simply spends producer Joel Silver's mega-millions smashing one piece of the set into some other piece." Read more.

March 3, 2003 - 'Cradle 2 the Grave', starring Hong Kong action great Jet Li and rapper DMX, debuted atop the weekend movie charts with $17.1 million in ticket sales, despite mixed reviews. It was enough to easily beat out 'Old School,' which earned $13.9 million, but it was the only new nationwide release by a major Hollywood studio over the weekend, as the film world gears up for the Academy Awards on March 23rd. Read more.

March 1, 2003 - More scathing reviews of DMX's new film 'Cradle 2 The Grave' are coming in, with Ed Gonzalez of slant magazine giving it only 1 out of 5 stars. He says, "Don’t be fooled by the nifty title sequence and opening jewel heist; all signs and integers point to the fact that Cradle 2 the Grave isn’t a film but a mere video game prototype." Read more.

March 1, 2003 - Mya714 writes "Allhiphop.com reports that Fans of DMX were confused when the rapper never took to the stage, prompting rumors that he was a no show, or that he chose to stay in Los Angeles to work on his next movie, 'Never.' "I am extremely dissapointed that I was not allowed to perform in my hometown," stated DMX. "I have mad love for my fans and regret that I wasn't allowed to express that." Read more."

March 1, 2003 - Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News reviewd the DMX and Jet Li starring 'Cradle 2 the Grave', giving it only 1 star. Bernard says the film is "phenomenally implausible" and adds that "the fight choreography is unremarkable, often using the 'Star Trek' shaky-cam approach to making things look livelier than they are." Read more.

March 1, 2003 - Peter Howell of the Toronto Star reviewed 'Cradle 2 the Grave', giving it 3 stars. Howell writes, "Cradle 2 The Grave is 2 ridiculous 2 B believed. And that's perfectly okay. While it would be nice to think that a Taiwanese cop and American gangstas could join forces to save the world from nuclear diamonds and insane criminals — James Bond, eat your heart out — it isn't necessary for the enjoyment of this mid-winter rouser to ponder issues of plot and logic." Read more.

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