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September 26, 2003 - MTV's 2$ Bill Concert featuring Ludacris, Method Man and DMX went down on Monday (September 22) at The Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. Check out pictures from GettyImages and WireImage.

September 26, 2003 - With what is being hyped as his last release, DMX has become the only artist in the history of The Billboard 200 to reach No. 1 with his first five albums. The rapper's latest Def Jam set, "Grand Champ" bows at the No. 1 with first week sales of 312,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan leading six albums into the top-10. Read more.

September 21, 2003 - The New York Post reports DMX was spotted drawing a crowd to his vintage chartreuse Cadillac on the corner of 47th Street and Ninth Avenue in New York City.

September 19, 2003 - DMX appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on Tuesday (September 16) to promote his new album 'Grand Champ' at MTV Studios in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages.

September 16, 2003 - The New York Post reports Courntey Love insisted that Spin magazine's Marc Spitz hear her new CD 'America's Sweetheart' at J.T. Leroy's bash at the Coral Room. Love dragged Spitz outside to find a car stereo and tried rap mogul Damon Dash's unoccupied SUV. When Dash's chauffeur stopped her, Love demonstrated her hip-hop street cred saying, "No, it's OK! I know Damon Dash, I know DMX, I know them all!"

September 15, 2003 - DMX appears on MTV's Total Request Live on Tuesday.

September 11, 2003 - DMX was enthused while discussing his forthcoming Hollywood projects to SOHH.com, but his excitement doesn't carry into the rap game. "I'm sick of the rap game. I'm sick of this fu**ing industry, you know what I'm saying," he said. "It's run by the devil and 99% of everybody you deal with is a snake. It gets tired after a while, you know what I'm saying. And I know The Lord has a calling on my life, you know what I'm saying. I'm not going to do both." While fans were excited to hear about a collaboration with 50 Cent on his final album, he says they'll be disappointed. "I did do the track [with 50 Cent]," X said. "But umm... I don't know if it's gone be on the album." Read more.

September 3, 2003 - SoHood.com recently caught up with DMX to talk about his new album 'Grand Champ', due September 16th. Asked why this was his last album, X responded, "Cause I’m sick of the rap game. I’m sick of this fu**ing industry, you know what I’m saying. Its run by the devil and 99% of everybody you deal with is a snake. It gets tired after a while, you know what I’m saying. And I know the lord has a calling on my life, you know what I’m saying. I’m not going to do both." Check out the entire interview here.

September 2, 2003 - DefJam.com has video clips of the making of DMX's new video 'Where Da Hood At' as well as his Grand Champ interview featuring Patti LaBelle. Check them both out here.

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