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DMX is accused of stealing a boy's herringbone and Avirex, and pleads his innocence ...
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Page 2
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X gets savagely beaten by a mob hungry for vengeance ...
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Page 3
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With the wires straining to keep his jaws together, X has to prove he's the best MC in the world ...
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Page 4
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DMX and his co-author answer your questions ...
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I had found the coat that I was wearing earlier that day in someone's front yard. Either this was a f---ed-up coincidence or the kid was totally lying, but there was no time to explain. Before I knew it, two guys grabbed me from behind and the father punched me dead in my chest. I tried to release my arms but I had no chance. He kept punching and punching me and soon all I could feel were his fists smashing against my nose and my eyes and my open jaw.
Boom, boom, boom ...
I felt the blows against my face and when I fell to the ground, that's when everyone started kicking me. Over and over, heavy Timberland boots crashed against my body. I curled up to protect my ribs, but it was no use.
I didn't do it.
The kicks kept coming, harder and harder, slamming against my spine and the back of my legs.
I didn't do it ... I didn't do it ...
One guy wouldn't stop kicking me in the head.
Then I heard someone say they should take me into the park and three guys started dragging me up the street by my shoulders. My body was too beaten to resist and as they pulled me up the street, the mob grew. N---as who didn't even know what had happened with the chain came over to help administer the beatdown and then I realized what was going on. For all the times I had robbed someone and ran up on them with the dog; for all the times I had left someone in an alley, broke and embarrassed with their pants down and their girl watching, this was their payback. This was their chance for vengeance.
They brought me to the park, and there, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of my attackers pick up a brick.
No, Lord. No. I'm not going to let them kill me ...
The neighborhood beatdown lands X in the hospital, with a busted nose, broken upper and lower jaw, and a throat so swollen he requires surgery to prevent him from choking. During his rehabilitation, an opportunity arises to audition for Def Jam’s Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles. Despite his jaw being wired shut, X is determined not to let this chance slip by ...
From the chapter "One More Road to Cross":
I walked into the studio room alone.
As soon as he saw me, the kid who was rhyming at the time turned his head and looked my way. The beat was blasting but then it stopped and brothers got quiet. I moved into the center of the room and the crowd of MCs that had filled almost every inch of that studio moved to the side. They parted like the Red Sea. They knew what was about to go down.
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