DMX WARNED US About Diddy & Jay-Z LONG BEFORE the Scandals “He’s Bending Rappers!”

Long before hashtags and exposés, DMX was calling out the music industry for exactly what it is—a machine designed to exploit, manipulate, and destroy.

In resurfaced interviews that are now going viral, DMX broke down how Diddy allegedly manipulated artists and how Jay-Z turned on his own to climb the ladder of power.

The difference between X and the rest? He refused to sell his soul.

Let’s rewind.

DMX, one of the most raw and authentic voices in hip-hop, was never interested in playing industry politics.

“I’m not an industry artist,” he said.

“I’m an artist in the industry.

” But that stance cost him.

He talked openly about how Diddy and Jay-Z used their positions to control artists, take publishing, and crush competition behind the scenes.

And he wasn’t speaking hypothetically—he lived it.

One bombshell clip shows DMX recounting how Diddy told Craig Mack to fire his management or he’d be dropped.

When Craig refused, Diddy allegedly said, “I ain’t got that kid no more.

” DMX witnessed it firsthand and knew that Bad Boy was a trap disguised as a blessing.

He also spilled how Diddy made artists “Jiggy,” threw them in suits, and forced them to write for him—only to steal their publishing.

That’s not partnership.

That’s straight-up robbery.

But it wasn’t just shady contracts and stolen royalties.

DMX warned about a deeper, more twisted game: manipulation, emasculation, and humiliation.

“He made them write lyrics and took all their publishing,” X said.

“He bent them.

” Some fans thought he was speaking metaphorically.

But with today’s mounting allegations about Diddy’s parties and “freak-off” rituals, those words hit differently.

Was DMX trying to say that what’s happening now was already happening back then—in silence, behind closed doors?

When it came to Diddy, DMX made his decision early.

The Bad Boy mogul initially rejected him.

But after Def Jam made an offer, Diddy came crawling back with promises to “lace his pockets.

” X said no.

“I wasn’t ready to get piped, if you know what I mean,” he said.

That line doesn’t need much decoding.

Then there’s Jay-Z—the so-called billionaire mogul who, according to DMX, wasn’t just a competitor but a calculated threat.

Their tension began in the late ‘90s, but the real betrayal happened when Jay-Z became president of Def Jam in 2004.

According to DMX, that move wasn’t just business.

It was personal.

DMX claimed Jay-Z intentionally sabotaged his sixth album, Year of the Dog...

Again, delaying its release and killing its momentum.

Why? Because Jay had announced retirement—then un-retired.

And with X at the top of the game, Jay allegedly wanted to eliminate the competition.

“You tried to get me off the label,” X said.

“Now you back rapping again? Okay.

I see what’s really good.”

This wasn’t paranoia.

This was a pattern.

DMX said Jay-Z’s entire rise was about cozying up to the puppet masters behind the scenes—the big execs, the gatekeepers, the culture vultures.

One name that came up? Lyor Cohen.

In Jay-Z’s book Decoded, he calls Lyor his mentor.

But Lyor’s track record speaks for itself.

He admitted in interviews that despite the dangers of substance abuse, he continued signing artists who glorified it because “I got a business to run.

” Even when Charlamagne reminded him of DMX’s well-known struggles, Lyor brushed it off.

“I have people to feed.”

At DMX’s funeral, Lyor sent in a pre-recorded message—where he coldly called X a “gremlin” and said his death wasn’t surprising.

That wasn’t love.

That was contempt.

And this is the man Jay-Z praised as a mentor?

DMX saw through all of it.

In his 2005 song The Industry, he warned aspiring artists to stay far away from the toxic system.

“The industry is not the same,” he rapped.

“The industry real, n***as dying to get in / Just to find they don’t fit in.

” He called out labels for pressuring artists to “dress like this, talk like that,” and kill their authenticity for radio play.

While Jay-Z played the game and built a billionaire empire, DMX walked away from it.

He chose creative integrity and personal freedom over corporate approval.

But make no mistake—he paid the price.

The industry didn’t just ignore DMX—they tried to erase him.

He struggled with addiction, legal issues, and public ridicule.

But in the end, he never bent.

He never sold out.

And now, in the wake of Diddy’s empire crumbling under allegations of abuse, trafficking, and manipulation, fans are finally realizing that DMX had been trying to tell us the truth for decades.

Even 50 Cent, another rapper who never bites his tongue, said Jay-Z is “laying low” until the Diddy storm passes.

That silence speaks volumes.

If Jay has nothing to hide, why the disappearing act?

And here’s the final twist: DMX didn’t just suspect betrayal.

He knew it.

He said Jay-Z didn’t want anyone to outshine him.

That’s why he meddled with DMX’s album.

That’s why he took over Def Jam.

And that’s why he stayed tight with the same executives DMX called out as exploiters and liars.

Now that DMX is gone, the industry is trying to paint him as a troubled genius.

But let’s be real: he was a prophet, screaming the truth while everyone else was busy getting rich, getting silenced, or getting played.

Maybe if more people had listened to DMX, we wouldn’t be here, watching the walls collapse on one of the most powerful figures in hip-hop.

Maybe we wouldn’t be wondering how deep the darkness really goes.

Because if DMX was right about Diddy and Jay-Z…what else was he right about?