[Flieteewell]

i heard dmx on the radio the other day (pretty sure it was hot 97 [ny])

he said Fuck Russel Simmons, and Fuck Def Jam...they dont wanna promote my album..thats ok i went platinum anyway...

does any1 have any more info on this situation?

[valiumnopresc]

I saw him in some interview about a week ago; he basically said he was pissed because he has to ask for permission to use his own music. He said that's why he's done with music now.

[Alulursuifold]

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) -- Top selling rapper DMX says he's quitting music.

In a press conference on March 21st, the guy who's credited with developing hardcore hip-hop says, "I refuse to give another dime to that record label, Def Jam."

Claiming he's made the record label $144 million last year, and received nothing, except what he calls a "loan," the often controversial singer says he's also starting a union for music artists.

"The highest paid artist gets 18 cents on the dollar, it's straight robbery," rants DMX, who says he makes more money in movies than in music. "They still own your music and they ask for maybe 27 songs for each album and they only use about 16 and the rest they give away. It's robbery man, I can't be part of it anymore."

When contacted, a spokesman for Def Jam Music in New York seems a bit shocked about DMX's statements and is trying to get a statement from executives. His fifth album, "Grand Champ" opened in the top spot on the Billboard Pop Charts and DMX is still under contract, says the spokesman.


Also known as Earl Simmons, the rapper has the Fox Searchlight film "Never Die Alone" coming out Friday (March 26) and has appeared in "Romeo Must Die," "Exit Wounds" and "Cradle 2 the Grave." His music is in "The Fast and the Furious" and "Any Given Sunday."

He complains that record companies won't promote your album if you're uncooperative and the contracts hold artists down for too many years. In the past he has work with Sony and Columbia Records.

"They've got a lot of artists in there that are straight garbage and they play it so f***ing much you find yourself singing their s***," the singer says. "All the radio stations are bought and paid for, it all comes from the heads of the record companies. It's not about talent anymore."

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/ne...04-271122.html