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Jay-Z vs. DMX
06/26/2006 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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Jay-Z and DMX are reported to have ended their business relationship, after the rapper left Def Jam.
DMX is understood to have been working on a new LP with the retired rap superstar, who is also president of Def Jam. However, according to reports, the LP will now come out through Sony, after the pair decided they could no longer work together.
DMX commented: "I knew it wouldn't work. We're peers and it always creates problems when your friend suddenly becomes your boss. He's in a position, 'cause he has to do his job, and you're in a position like, 'Yo, this is my friend.'"
DMX claims to have earned $144 million for Def Jam in 2005, prompting him to speak bitterly about the split.
He told the Irish Examiner: "How much do you think they gave me? Nothing. Not even a card, and Def Jam was going down. I enabled them to sell the company."
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