DMX's New Posthumous Song Is Reportedly 'Fake'

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It's been over a year since DMX sadly passed away. Although Def Jam Recordings and estate previously dropped his most recent album Exodus following his sudden death, they reportedly did not approve a new posthumous record that was released over the weekend.

On Sunday, June 26, an A&R, who reportedly worked closely with the late rapper before he died, claimed that the song "Know What I Am" by DMX is not an official posthumous record that had the blessing of X's estate. According to A&R Matthew “M80” Markoff, the rock-inspired song contains throwaway verses from X that were created in 2014 while he recorded his compilation album The Redemption of the Beast.

“X-Ray Records took vocals that were never intended to be released from the The Redemption of the Beast sessions circa 2014, repurposed the production to some ridiculous s**t rock soundscape,” Markoff told HipHopDX. “The owner of the label Brian Perrera even had the nerve to give himself a writers credit on this feeble attempt to sway loyal DMX fans who would kill to have and hear some authorized quality posthumous DMX music at their disposal."

This isn't the first time that X-Ray Records/Cleopatra has released music from Dark Man X. The L.A.-based label previously released a collaboration featuring DMX and Bootsy Collins called "X Moves." Markoff alleged that the rock-type track is also another fraudulent song, however, his claim hasn't been confirmed. "X Moves" dropped just hours before the rapper passed away last year with support from Bootsy Collins. The label's founder and co-producer of the track Brian Perera issued a statement about the song upon its release.

“As ‘X Moves’ shows, he is still one of the most innovative and original hip-hop artists around," Perera said of the record. "Our hearts go out to all of DMX’s family, friends and supporters.”

Perera has not responded to the allegations Markoff made about "Know What I Am."


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