Did rap artist DMX retire

Answer 1

Not quite - after releasing Year of the Dog (Again) he left Sony Colombia - apparently because a 'Now' various astists album was released at the same time as his and all marketing was used on that, leaving him with a poorly marketed album resulting in less impressive sales figures. He's now signed to Bodog music, along with Wu Tang Clan where he's been given more freedom to release his double album in the summer called "Walk with me now, and you'll fly with me later". One album will be straight, hardcore rap as we're used to with the second one reserved purely for Gospel Music. Hearing some of the tracks from the new album it seems like he's certainly back on track - there's a couple of real killers on it; more like his 'and then there was x' days which was when he was at his best in my opinion. Go to his myspace page to listen to a couple of new tracks but after speaking with PR bods at Bodog the album is definitely slated for a summer release, really looking forward to it!