Lot of lot of corny, man.
A lot of corny rappers, man.
I’m just like, yo, man.
I I could name a list of 100 corny rappers.
Yo, right now mad from New York ain’t supposed to be rapping.
I mean, who really like these? Who really like these? Tell me.
I want to know somebody.
Then I met the devil in God’s country, you know, and uh um it’s not so much who it it’s what you know what happened.
The hip hop task force was created to watch uh Sean Puffy Combmes P Diddy to watch the artist that was connected with P Diddy conversations with the devil.
Three conversations with the devil.
Why with the devil? Well, to make a fair decision, I think you have to be aware of both sides and I was approached.
So, of course, I had a conversation.
It didn’t mean it doesn’t mean I rode with him or believed him.
I just was able to recognize him by what he said to me and what he offered me.
If you’re old enough to remember when hip-hop wasn’t just viral clips and sound bites, but real stories told straight from the source, you know how frustrating it is when some of the most important interviews just vanished.
Countless hip-hop interviews and stories have mysteriously disappeared over the years.
Clips wiped from YouTube, recordings erased, entire conversations scrubbed like they never happened.
Whenever artists start exposing the dark behind-the-scenes power plays in the industry, those voices tend to get silenced fast.
And this is exactly what happened to some of the most important interviews with DMX and Mob Deep’s Prodigy.
Both of them openly warned about the dark side of the industry and even named powerful figures like Diddy and Jay-Z while also exposing who the real puppet masters are behind the scenes.
the group that was uh formed like in the 1700s something like that 1600s this dude named Adam Weisshawk he started this group of people like powerful rich people that basically could shape popular opinion and the way you know the world is going to move forward.
But just like many others before them, many of these interviews where Prodigy and DMX spoke out have been scrubbed from the internet and memory hold.
Why? Because the truth they exposed threatened the very people running the show.
DMX hinted in interviews about an industry built on control and coercion where certain mogul keep artists under their thumb.
And both Diddy and Jay-Z’s names come up again and again in these conversations.
Prodigy, who definitely was not shy about exposing the industry, often talked about a group of powerful people who pull the strings, not just in music and entertainment, but society at large.
And while a lot of the footage where they talked about this stuff has mysteriously disappeared, some clips still survive.
So, let’s break down what DMX and Prodigy were really trying to warn us about and why someone might not want you to hear it.
A lot of times people say, “Uh, you’re a conspiracy theorist.
you watch too many movies or something like that, you know, but a lot of stuff I was learning was um very real.
Okay, let’s start with DMX and his warnings about the devil in the industry.
Back in 2007, DMX went on HBO’s Dev Poetry Jam and performed his powerful poem called The Industry.
It was a big moment and X wasn’t holding back.
He exposed how the music game really worked and how artists are pressured to sell out or play along just to survive.
The industry, man, it’s not the same.
Doesn’t have to do with talent.
It’s about playing the game.
The industry real dying to get in.
The industry just to find they don’t fit in.
The industry ain’t what it used to be.
The industry is trying to control the way you MC.
They want you to dress like this and talk like that.
But I’m going to dress like this and talk with the bat.
The industry got your word meaning nothing.
The industry.
But you heard cuz he’s bluffing.
The industry, money, hate, but I dare you to try to take a thing off my plate if you ain’t got a strong mind.
The industry will break you down.
It’s a matter of time.
The industry vultures with nothing to feast on.
See me, I’m getting my beast on.
The industry.
Stay in the dirt.
Play in the dirt.
Test the wrong one in the industry and you will get hurt.
I’m not an industry artist.
I’m an artist in the industry.
industry wanted dead or alive new artists to sell their souls in way they survive.
The industry don’t give a about you, but the industry couldn’t make a dime without you.
DMX didn’t just talk about shady contracts and record label beef.
He believed all this was part of a bigger spiritual war happening behind the scenes.
Whenever I went through something, it brought me closer to God and I stayed into something.
So now I’m closer to God.
But being closer is hard.
The attacks get stronger.
Become much harder to fight and they last longer.
That’s what it’s always been.
Joy, pain, dark with the light, sun with the rain.
With the right perspective, it gave me something to gain.
Look for the good and the bad, not the sun.
In his music and interviews, X often mentioned dealing with the devil and hinted that certain people in the industry were tied to that dark energy and their job was to push artists to sell their souls.
One of the wildest moments came in 2013 when X went on the Dr.
Phil show and said he had not one but three encounters with the devil.
And he explained that to really understand the world, you have to see both sides and make your own choices.
You’ve had a song on every album, a conversation with God.
You’ve had and a prayer uh and a prayer.
And I think you’ve had the devil.
Three conversations with the devil.
Why with the devil? Well, to make a fair decision, I think you have to be aware of both sides.
And I was approached.
So, of course, I had a conversation.
It didn’t mean it doesn’t mean I rode with him or believed him.
I just was able to recognize him by what he said to me and what he offered me.
Say, “Oh, now I know who you are.
That’s why I stopped talking to him.
I’ve been out seven albums, but he’s only on three.
” But this wasn’t the first time DMX talked about crossing paths with the devil.
In a 2009 jailhouse interview while serving time in Arizona, he claimed he met the devil in God’s country.
Now, X didn’t name names, but it was clear that whatever happened shook him because he said straight up he’d never go back there again.
Let me know.
I got I had I first came to Arizona, man.
And um I remember one day coming from the studio at six o’clock in the morning and pulling over on the highway be like four cars, you know, just to watch the sunrise.
And it was at that point that I fell in love with with um Arizona.
I said, “You know what? This has to be God’s country, you know, cuz I’d never seen anything as beautiful as that sunrise.
” Then I met the devil in God’s country, you know, and uh um it’s not so much who it it’s what you know what happens and and the things that the devil does.
It’s not so much a person.
Even though he he acts through people, you know, you can’t call one person the devil, Joe, you know, you can’t call any one person the devil.
You can’t do that because no one person has enough power to be the devil, you know.
And um you know it’s it’s through all these hardships that I realized that you know what this is God’s country because I met the devil here.
Because if I hadn’t met the devil here, I wouldn’t realize I was strong enough to overcome the obstacles that the devil would place in my path.
And it’s by overcoming these obstacles that I realize that this is God’s country because he helped me get over these obstacles.
He helped me get over these hurdles.
Okay.
So, but when you’re done here, when you’re out of here, I’m not I’m I’m I’m not looking back.
You’re not coming back? No, I’m not coming back.
I’m not coming back for a show.
I’m not coming back for a visit.
I I’m not even driving through the states.
If I’m in a plane and they got to fly over to go around.
So, what did DMX really mean when he said he met the devil in Arizona? Was he just speaking in metaphors? Or was he hinting at something real? Maybe he had a run-in with someone who offered him a deal.
The kind of deal that comes with strings attached, and he had to decide whether to sell out or stand his ground.
Let’s not forget who DMX called out by name over the years.
Jay-Z, Diddy, and even label executives like Lear Cohen.
All major power players in the industry who at that time were basically untouchable.
There’s an old interview where DMX straight up accused Diddy of r-wording his artists and he hinted at some seriously dark stuff happening behind the scenes at Bad Boy Records.
Now, some fans believe DMX was using the term to call out Diddy for financially exploiting people.
But others think he meant it literally, especially in light of all the allegations that came out about Diddy over the last couple of years.
like, damn, I’m glad I didn’t.
And this isn’t the only thing that DMX talked about.
He also talked about how there were people in the industry that basically wanted to take you out to dinner and stuff to get a hold of your music.
And you cannot tell me that DMX was not talking about Diddy because the first thing that I thought of is when 50 Cent said that Diddy asked to take him shopping.
Now, when it comes to Jay-Z, after he became president of Def Jam in 2004, DMX claimed Jay started blocking the release of his sixth album, Year of the Dog again.
And according to X, it was all because Jay decided not to retire after all and wanted to get rid of the competition.
You know, like I said, I had the crazy track record, Dejam, everything was good.
You know, I go to do the sixth album and you know became president.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, when he first got the job, he hit me with the call like, “Yo, dog.
Inmates just running the building like, “Yo, you good?” Mhm.
Finish the album, shoot the video.
What happened? You know, we don’t know.
What you mean you don’t know? How do you How do you listen to a whole album, pick a single, shoot a video, then don’t know? But ex’s disgust of Jay ran deeper.
A big part of it was about who Jay was tied to behind the scenes, namely people like Leia Cohen, the same guy who openly admitted to pushing substance use culture through artists he signed, even though he knows it’s fueling the opioid crisis.
A real bad problem.
DMX, I’m so sad.
Um DMX um um there’s two people inside of him and um um the the Earl is one of the nicest people.
I put him up in um um Lake George.
Earl loved being silent with a fishing pole.
I you not.
He just would stay on that dock hours and hours and hours and hours.
Yeah.
very very sad.
Um, you know, it’s I think the opiid problem, the syrup problem is the biggest problem that I’ve ever seen and I’ve ever faced um and been a part of and I can’t be I I can’t with it.
You know, the crack thing was devastating, but at least the rappers were bringing a spotlight to you becoming a fiend.
Okay.
And I thought that that was that spotlight head crack head crack um helped even though it was harsh and really harm uh uh really rough particularly on women but I think it helped change the course of the crack epidemic.
I don’t know what’s this opioid thing man is is being back then being a crackhead wasn’t cool.
Now it’s they they seem like they’re they’re making it cool to be drinking lean and syrup and it’s the most danger it’s the most dangerous thing that’s facing um um our society.
So So why sign an artist that would promote that? Um because I I I already answered that question.
You weren’t paying attention.
Um she asked me talent or issues and I said talent.
But I I I have to I I can’t give up on people.
I’m saying that’s hypocritical, though.
You’re saying it’s opportunistic.
Yeah.
I got I got people to feed.
Um I got a I got a I got a business to run.
You’re going to make Dame Dash take this clip and call you a culture vulture.
Who’s Dame Dash? You brought him up? I don’t even know him.
I don’t even know him.
So you bring him his name up.
I don’t even know him.
So, y’all made a lot of money together.
Made a lot of money.
Come on, Leo.
Don’t do that to him.
I don’t know him.
I really don’t.
So, um I don’t know what to tell you.
I won’t be complacent.
And this is the same man that Jay-Z referred to as his mentor.