In an alternate universe, Swizz Beatz’s “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” beat might have not end up on DMX’s 1998 debut It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. During a recent interview with SiriusXM’s Hip-Hop Nation, Swizz ...

One of DMX’s hit songs had a chance of not being released, according to Swizz Beatz. During an interview with SiriusXM’s “Hip-Hop Nation,” the producer spoke about how DMX wouldn’t have been on “Ruff ...

However, the song’s producer and frequent collaborator of the late DMX, Swizz Beatz, explained recently that the song only came out because of a bet DMX lost. Throughout his career, DMX worked closely ...

Take a second to scan the liner notes of those early Ruff Ryders albums, and a name that’ll come up more than most is 43-times-platinum engineer Rich Keller. He had to show and prove in the studio to ...