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"Back in 2020, I recorded a song for DMX called 'Dream.' After he passed, I always wondered what happened to it. Years later, while going through a folder of beats Kaytranada had sent me, one I originally passed on stood out — and my first thought was how X’s verse might sound on it. I reached out to Pat Gallo, and when he sent me the vocals, they locked in perfectly. Somewhere out there, the full DMX verse from the original record still exists, but what you hear now is the piece that became 'START 2 FiNISH – S.T.F'," .idk. explains of the new track.
"S.T.F." follows previous collaborations between .idk. and Earl Simmons, known professionally as DMX. It is the first posthumous collaboration that has been approved by the Estate of Earl "DMX" Simmons since his passing in 2021.
"It means a lot to have artists like .idk. and Kaytranada tap into Earl's energy and create something that is fresh and authentic to who he was. He set this collaboration in motion before he passed, so it was important for us to see his vision become a reality," Estate co-administrators Desiree Lindstrom and Sasha Simmons share.
“S.T.F” is the first preview of a forthcoming project informed by mixtape culture, and .idk.’s own journey navigating the criminal justice system, with the collaboration first revealed earlier this month at the LeBron James "Forever King Tour" in Shanghai.
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