During a recent sit down with Angie Martinez, mega-producer Swizz Beatz revealed why he chose to call out DMX fake friends during X’s funeral service.
The Verzuz cofounder called out those who failed to attend his friend’s home going, saying, “From the fans’ standpoint, X got a lot of love. It’s just the other love he was looking for I don’t think he got a lot of.”
“And that’s what made me want to say what I said at his homegoing because I was dealing with a lot of that. And I was with X a lot. Especially recently. So I was very current in his life and understanding where he was at and what he was going through. So when I started seeing things, naturally as his brother, it just bothered me, ” he added.
Swizz also spoke about X’s time on Verzuz, recalling the late rapper’s great energy.
“X was really in a good mood after doing Verzuz,” he explained. “He really got excited because he was able to see the love that the youth had for him and the energy that Snoop gave him…We didn’t leave L.A. We stayed there and finished the album at Snoop’s studio-like from Verzuz. That energy bottled, bottled up, and we just stayed on it. X was just saying that ‘I just wanna get some new music out so I can contribute to this new energy that I’m feeling.’”
“He was going to get back in the best shape that we’ve ever seen him in a long time physically as well,” Swizz said, noting he will make sure to carry on DMX’s energy in his absence. “It’s only right. I would want him to do the same,” he concluded.
