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JAY-Z Says Touring with DMX Pushed Him to Perfect His Own Performances: ‘He Improved My Stage Show’
“He was so competitive with me.

I never met a human being more competitive with me, like ever, not even my big brother,” JAY-Z said of the late rapper.

JAY-Z is speaking candidly about how touring with DMX inspired him to step up his game on stage.

While chatting with LeBron James and others for the season four premiere of HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, the 51-year-old “Song Cry” crooner opened up about how the late rapper inspired him during the Hard Knock Life tour in 1999.

Speaking about DMX, JAY-Z said, “There was a competitive thing, but it was big love.”

“He was so competitive with me. I never met a human being more competitive with me, like ever, not even my big brother,” he continued. “My fondest memory of DMX is he improved my stage show.”

Recalling the first night of the show, which the rapper said was “sold out,” JAY-Z explained that he wanted to watch DMX’s performance before his own.

“X is about to go, and I’m like, ‘I wanna see,’ ” JAY-Z recalled. “And he goes [growls], and the f—— arena goes crazy.”

“First of all, it’s deafening, and I’m like, ‘Oh s—,’” the “Empire State of Mind” artist continued. “He has a thing, like an Alize and Hennessy mix, it looks like blood — like he’s drinking blood — and he’s running back and forth [on the stage].”