As a lot of know, there has been a fued between rappers, Jay-Z and DMX once Jay-Z became the president at Def Jam.
well, in a recent interview with Ruff Ryders founders Dee, Waah, and Chivon Dean, Dee detailed the feud between the two legends and traced its beginnings to their 1994 battle in a Bronx, New York pool hall.
"We called it a draw because they both was nice, so we said, 'Alright this is a draw.' X felt like he won, Hov gonna feel like he won," Dee said. "There was an animosity there always. It was nothing verbal, but it was just in DMX’s mind like, 'I won, I’m better than you." As a result, X felt like he wasn't being honored properly at the label and eventually wanted to leave.
Dee said, "What had happened was Jay-Z called X and told him ‘The inmates have took over the prison.’ And when your man Jay-Z got in position X felt like he didn’t honor him and hold weight like he was supposed to," However, DMX owed a huge debt to the label which would usually cause and issue when an artist is looking to switch labels.
Despite DMX's financial debt with the label, Jay-Z still allowed X to walk and release "Year Of The Dog... Again" on Columbia Records.
Dee added, "The good part about Def Jam, and I gotta give it to Hov, X was in debt over there, He probably owed about $12 million. Me and Hov got together, and I went up to the office and I asked him, 'Can you do me a favor and let us sign X to Sony.' He released him, he wiped out the debt clean and let him go. He didn’t have to pay nothing back."
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