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DMX has spoken about the abusive childhood that he suffered, in a recent interview.

The rapper said that there was occasions when he was so hungry that he had to drink his mother's perfume to try to relieve his hunger.

DMX told VH1: "Hard was not being able to eat until your mother woke up because she had to food in her closet. She had a tray of perfume and I drunk some because it smelled good, but it was disgusting. I was that hungry. You get beat, you're in the house, you can't even go anywhere, you just gotta take it. There were times she was outta control, but I'm not dead."

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