It appears Mitchell Robinson is not a DMX fan.
The New York Knicks player took to social media, where he posted a clip of his teammates playing X in the locker room.
“Here we go with this music again,” he wrote, as the late rapper's 2003 classic "Where the Hood At" played in the background. “Morgan Wallen please?”
It seems that Robinson — who is not a native New Yorker — might not fully grasp DMX’s cultural impact. As the NYC icon that X is, it’s completely understandable why the Knicks use his boisterous music to hype themselves up before practices and games. One could also argue that the 27-year-old might simply be too young (and too Gen Z) to appreciate the nuances of DMX’s Ruff Ryders-era raps.
Robinson, instead, suggested they listen to Wallen. Indeed, the country singer is a favorite of Lil Durk: the pair collaborated on two of the Chicago rapper's songs, 2021's "Broadway Girls' and 2023's “Stand By Me." Durkio also defended the country singer in 2022 for saying the N-word on camera.
“He ain’t no racist. That’s my boy, you know? So we had a long talk—he had his public situation, we had [a talk] behind closed doors, and I’ll vouch for him and he good,” Durk told TMZ in January 2022. “He ain’t canceled.”
The year prior, in February 2021, Wallen was filmed saying the N-word in a derogatory manner while drunk. He later apologized, sharing that he was "embarrassed and sorry."
It seems like Robinson is a huge country singer fan. Photos from his Instagram profile show him wearing a cowboy hat and overalls while brandishing an American flag (and no, those photos weren’t posted on July 4). Another post includes a video of a souped-up blue pickup truck, soundtracked to Cody Johnson's song "Travelin' Soldier," also with an American flag. “Love being myself and what I like,” Robinson wrote. Guess the thing he likes is Wallen.