Then sheriff's deputies found three dog carcasses and several malnourished pit bulls on rapper DMX's Arizona property.

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New York rap artists Ashanti and DMX were booked to perform in the same event, dubbed the "Battle of Hope".

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According to Tucci, EMC expects Symmetrix DMX to account for one-half of Symmetrix revenue in the current quarter, which ends in March.

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That time period also marked a host of problems for the rapper, including public disputes with fellow rappers DMX, Eminem and 50 Cent.

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Y. headquarters, the record label went on to launch the careers of DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve, Jadakiss, Styles P and others, reaching its height in the late 1990s.

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In terms of performance, the company was leapfrogged by competitors after EMC decided 18 months ago to cancel an in-development interim product to focus all of its efforts on DMX.

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Tucci, chief executive of EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people ), was in New York to unveil the latest generation of EMC's flagship data-storage system, called Symmetrix DMX.

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