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Apr 2021
58m 3s

The Telling of DMX’s Life Story

The New York Times
About this episode
A conversation about the intense potency of the rapper’s music and religious fervor, and what it was like to interview him. Guest: Smokey Fontaine, the co-author of the 2002 book “E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.” 
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