During a recent appearance on LeBron James’ HBO series ‘The Shop,’ Jay-Z gets candid as he shared about Ruff Ryder legend DMX and his astonishing stage presence.

Jay recalled: “X is about to go, and I’m like, ‘I wanna see.’ And he goes [growls], and the f***ing arena goes crazy. First of all, it’s deafening, and I’m like, ‘Ohhh sh*t.’ He has a thing, like an Alize and Hennessey mix, it looks like blood, like he’s drinking blood, and he’s running back and forth [on the stage]. Halfway through the show, and then he takes his shirt. And the whole crowd goes wild. ‘Aaaaaah!’”

He goes on to recall how the feeling in the arena, as fans cheered one minute, and in the next, tearing up.

“He’s going nuts, right? And I’m like, ‘Sh*t.’ First the guys are going crazy, now the girls are going crazy. And then he gets to the end, and he starts a prayer. And now they’re crying, the whole arena is crying. And then [concert organizers] go, ‘OK, now you go.’”

Jay’s reflection comes only a day after X’s final album ‘Exodus’ was released. The album comes as the follow-up to his 2012’s ‘Undisputed’ album.

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