| "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" | ||||
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| Single by DMX | ||||
| from the album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot | ||||
| Released | May 5, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February 1998 | |||
| Genre | Hardcore hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Swizz Beatz | |||
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| "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" on YouTube | ||||
"Ruff Ryders' Anthem" is a song by American rapper DMX, released on May 5, 1998, as the third single from his debut studio album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998). In 2008, the song was ranked at number 79 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.[1] In the US, upon the song's initial release it had originally peaked at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, before reaching a new peak of number 16 following DMX's death in April 2021.