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March 31, 2004 - MTV News spoke with DMX about his new film 'Never Die Alone', though wasn't too excited to discuss the film's soundtrack. "Ah ... I just get a really bad taste in my mouth when I even talk about the music industry," X moaned. "[Label people] backed out of the deal at the last minute. Different labels, it's like they get into their little feuds and the only one who suffers is me. 'Oh, you didn't give me this artist last time. Well, I'm not gonna give you this artist this time.' You know, that little bitch sh** that record labels do, and I get caught up in the middle of it. ... I'm not signed to anyone. I'm gonna put it out myself. God prepared me for it. My last two albums and soundtracks, I went off and recorded on my own anyway. I go in with my crew, we have fun and record. So I'm used to doing it on my own." Read more.

March 31, 2004 - DMX was 1 hour and 15 minutes late to the premiere of his new movie, 'Never Die Alone' in New York City last week, but that didn't stop director Ernest Dickerson from telling Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com he plans on having X in his next film. "It will be another Donald Goines novel," he said, referring to the author of 'Never Die Alone', who indeed died alone in 1974 from a gunshot wound. Read more.

March 29, 2004 - DMX phoned into the Tom Joyner Morning Show on Thursday (March 25) to promote his new movie 'Never Die Alone', which he executive produced. He seemed pretty distracted by others with him in his Ram 1500 King Cab. X then cracked up the tunes, which happened to be Michael Jackson, and give him props and said to stand by him. Afterwards, they joked about what happened during the interview. Listen to the interview here.

March 29, 2004 - DMX complained to The New York Daily News about the treatment of his vintage lowrider on the set of 'Never Die Alone'. "They fu**ed up my car," X fumed at the movie's premiere in New York. "The hood don't close right. The [bleeping] turn signal thing is just hanging off by a wire. They never cleaned all of the blood off of the back seat." The rapper/actor added, "I'm sending them the bills once I fix the car. The grimy bastards!" Read more.

March 29, 2004 - DMX, Jadakiss, and Romeo were amongst the stars on hand for the 'Never Die Alone' New York Premiere on Wednesday (March 24) at Chelsea West Cinemas in New York City. Check out pictures here.

March 25, 2004 - DMX lashed out at Def Jam and other labels for the way they treat their artists -- including himself. "The highest paid artists get 18 cents off a dollar, and the record company still owns their product even though they've paid for it," X told Radio 1. "It's like straight robbery, straight robbery. They give you nothing, everything is an advance. But they offer it to you, you know. 'Hey, we was looking at the new Range Rover, we thought it would be a great idea if we got it for you.' They get it for you, you look on your P&L (profit and loss) report, you've got $80,000 and like 'thank you' - you end up thanking yourself."

March 14, 2004 - DMX performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Friday (March 19).

March 3, 2004 - The Las Vegas Sun reports DMX and Busta Rhymes were spotted at Venus in The Venetian after their concert Saturday at The Orleans. The hip hop pair brought huge entourages with them, packing the club and causing an hourlong wait to get in.

January 22, 2004 - DMX and actor David Arquette were photographed hanging out and sharing a joke and a hand shake during the 2004 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Monday (January 19). Check out pictures from SplashNews (use the search feature 'DMX Sundance').

January 1, 2004 - ThisDay reports that the wife of the Vice President and Founder and Initiator of Women Trafficking and Child Labor Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF), Chief Mrs. Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar has confirmed that Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo would be the Special Guest of Honor at the January 10, 2004, tagged Battle of Hope fight, which is part of the national awareness creation drive to intensify and synergize efforts of groups; agencies and NGOs to form a task force to tackle the HIV/AIDS. Laila Ali and Jackie Frazier-Iyde will be the main event. The event will also feature a concert featuring Ja Rule, DMX, Ashanti, and other notable Nigerian artists. Read more.

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