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Today, PG County, Maryland\u2019s .idk. dropped the music video for \u201cS.T.F,\u201d the first single from his upcoming Even The Devil Smiles <\/em>mixtape. The uptempo, Kaytranada-produced track contains vocals from the late DMX, who begins the track proclaiming, \u201cI gots to make a move and make it soon \/ I gots to hit the block and make it boom.\u201d The beat, which evokes an early \u201800s New York feel, drops while .idk. shouts out the track\u2019s producer and feature: \u201cK got the beat that make me feel like a wrestler \/ X got the voice to make me rap with my chest up.\u201d<\/p>\n The Ella Ezeike-directed video alternates shots of .idk. rapping alone in a room and amongst his homies with intermittent clips of others dancing. The clip alternates between full color and black-and-white, including scenes of .idk. cruising up the block. \u201cS.T.F\u201d originally debuted at Lebron James\u2019 Forever King Tour <\/em>in China, a move that he says came from LeBron and his team being \u201ctapped in.\u201d He recalls that they were \u201cspecifically looking for [an] energetic song, and I was like, I know the perfect one. And they liked it enough to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout \u201cS.T.F,\u201d .idk. rhymes with a rapid-fire, slithery delivery over Kaytranda\u2019s thumping percussion while DMX delivers his classic ad-libs. .idk. tells Rolling Stone<\/em> that DMX\u2019s portion of the song is from a track they originally recorded together with another unnamed artist. He believes that the track was on track to be released before DMX died in April 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n He recalled their prior collaboration after listening to the beat that would become \u201cStart To Finish\u201d\u00a0 in a Kaytranada beat pack. \u201c[That] was a beat that originally didn\u2019t catch my ear, but after seeing K DJ and [observing] how he did music, it put a new context to some of these beats that I\u2019d heard previously. When I heard this particular one, I remembered X\u2019s vocals right away because it reminded me of something he would\u2019ve done, but in a Kaytranada way.\u201d<\/p>\n From there, .idk. reached out to X\u2019s team, eventually getting clearance from Desiree Lindstrom and Sasha Simmons, co-administrators of the Estate of Earl \u201cDMX\u201d Simmons \u2014 he\u2019s the first artist to receive such clearance. In a statement, his estate said, \u201cIt means a lot to have artists like .idk. and Kaytranada tap into Earl\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n .idk. adds that the clearance \u201cmeans that there\u2019s a trust with the family and all of us being able to create a moment so special. But it\u2019s even more special to me because I get to continue to spread his legacy and push the music that he\u2019s been doing to newer audiences.\u201d .idk. has previously used a DMX prayer on his 2019 Is He Real <\/em>album and 2021 USee4Yourself <\/em>albums. He says the two met on multiple occasions, with the first time being around 2016. During another occurrence, he \u201cchased down\u201d DMX to get his \u201cblessing\u201d to use his prayer. The two didn\u2019t get to build on spirituality, a shared heavy theme of their music, but .idk. says his prevailing memory of X was a \u201creally cool dude.\u201d<\/p>\n And of his cultural legacy, .idk. lauds, \u201che was able to create a world and a lane in which he didn\u2019t have to be flashy and have a bunch of money to be able to participate in. You might have to spend a couple dollars on a motorcycle or something, but outside of that, it was pretty much straightforward. It was about being authentic. And he represented that. I think that was something that he brought to hip hop that he either didn\u2019t have it for a long time or never had it in the way that he brought it.\u201d<\/p>\n .idk. shares that he doesn\u2019t just have gratitude to DMX\u2019s estate, but to the spirit of the Yonkers rapper. \u201cI\u2019m very spiritual, so I believe that in order for this to happen, there\u2019s got to be a proper connection with the person who\u2019s on the track, who\u2019s no longer here,\u201d he says. \u201cSo thank him for allowing all of this to happen in the way that it\u2019s happening and we\u2019ll continue to properly honor his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, PG County, Maryland\u2019s .idk. dropped the music video for \u201cS.T.F,\u201d the first single from his upcoming Even The Devil Smiles mixtape. 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