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DMX’s ‘Party Up’ Was a Response to Kurupt’s ‘Calling Out Names’ Diss Track, Says Xzibit

Xzibit claims that DMX's "Party Up" was a direct response to this Kurupt diss track.

DMX’s “Party Up (Up in Here)” became the biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit of his career at that point in 2000, but many didn’t know the blaring anthem was a response to Kurupt. “What was crazy was when I found out that ‘Party Up’ was the answer to ‘Calling Out Names,'” Xzibit said before giving Drake some suggestions for his battle with Kendrick Lamar. “Calling Out Names” arrived in 1999 and found the West Coast rapper sending several shots at DMX, Irv Gotti and Ja Rule.

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