Four days after DMX was released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution, Big Boy’s Neighborhood revisited a 2017 interview with the Ruff Ryders legend.
During the conversation, X touched on his his addiction to cocaine, which plagued him for years. Although he said he no longer indulges in the highly addictive narcotic, he admitted he still drinks alcohol occasionally.
“I don’t do anything,” he said. “I’ll have a drink here and there. That was never a problem. That’s about it. Cocaine [was the problem]. I think we kinda knew that was the problem. Anybody in here that didn’t know? Of course it was problem. I got in trouble and all that shit. It’s not worth it. I spent too much time doing things. It’s just not worth it.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, X weighed in on the current state of Hip Hop and agreed with Big Boy that it’s up to him and other pillars of the culture to represent Hip Hop correctly.
“Hip Hop is a lifestyle. I think [it’s being misrepresented],” he said. “Whoever can [represent it correctly], not just myself but whoever first has the insight to see it and the talent and the ability to do the right thing, then it’s all of our responsibility.”
When Big Boy suggested mainstream rap all sounds the same, X quickly chimed in with, “They all promoting drug use. If that’s what you wanna do, that’s your business. But you ain’t gotta promote it like it’s cool, make it cool. Now you have kids walkin’ around like, ‘Oh I’m poppin’ Molly.'”
X also made it clear he credits his faith for being able to make it through the dark times he’s experienced throughout his life.
“That’s when God shows up more, when I can’t figure a way out,” he said. “When I can’t see a way out. My faith has always told me that. I wasn’t able to imagine my way out, but I knew there was a way out. I knew God had it. I wasn’t so much testing it, it’s just that he allowed me to get all those things and show me they weren’t going to make me happy. I begged God for fame when I just wanted to be heard.”
The “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” architect was released from prison after serving roughly one year for tax evasion. He will be under supervision for the next three years and must pay $2.3 million in restitution to the IRS.
I hope he doesn’t use drugs this time and he stops going around to people who offer them. No matter how famous or important other artists or executives are.
By now everyone knows DMX has problems with drugs so anyone offering him drugs is just someone who doesn’t really care about him.
I hear that he says he still can’t have a drink here and then, so unfortunately I’m afraid he will use drugs again….
?️? He C
They said the same about me because I was an addict so they said I can’t drink but it’s been over 25yrs & I still have a drink and never ever touched drugs over 25 years!!!
Blessed be he, he gave it to us
An x crackhead with 3 years probation. Errr woof woof.
Im rooting for the dog
I’m definitely rooting for the X….but I hope that drinking don’t lead back to that dark path man…real
Exactly, Agree?
But their era was promoting the sale of drugs so who’s to blame the users or the sellers?
The users. Next question
Both, but there was some sort of reflection. There has always been some sort of contradiction in hiphop. Bragging over streetlife but also wanting out of the hood.
Dear 2019, be good to us and give us albums of the true hip hop artists who back in the days were made this music was great. Amen.
A lot of the new hip hop effectively works as a narcocorrido movement. They’re the marketing department for drug cartels.
EXACTLY?#TRUTH??
good point, remember the Steve Berman skit on MMLP: Do you know why Dre’s record was so successful?
He’s rapping about big-screen TV’s, blunts, 40’s and bitches
You’re rapping about homosexuals and Vicodin!
Steve Bermans of today would switch those two around: “hes rapping about homosexuals and Vicodin, you’re rapping about blunts 40s and bitches!”
This interview is a year old now why is it being reported onike it just happened??
dmx is a clown__he might be an addict and if he is an addict __he has to stay away from all drugs__alcohol is a drug___in the past he has said he only smokes weed no more coke__but the weed and the alcohol leads him back to the coke ___and he is no careful it might happen again___in addition he is always talking about god and jesus____he might want to shut up this time about god and jesus and instead make some narcotics anonymous meetings____i personally know many people who went to church___prayed and were prayed over__leave the church and go smoke crack___dmx____be quiet and make a meeting
Shut the fuck up troll
AGREE???BUT PRAY?? FOR HIM & HIS DEMONS,
HE CAN>BEFREE✨??
Mikke c fuck u dumb ass bitch. Until u have been through what DMX and other addicts alike have
don’t speak on shit u don’t know about u stupid motherfucker! And I said what I said!