Michael Kay jokingly invited DMX to record a song for YES Network, only to be informed DMX is no longer available.<\/p>\n
Thursday night, YES Network\u2019s David Cone gave the scouting report for starting pitcher Cam Schlittler by using three songs. One of those songs was \u201cX Gon\u2019 Give It To Ya,\u201d to which Joe Girardi suggested he should sing the lyrics. But Kay had a better idea<\/a>, YES Network should get X to come perform it himself.<\/p>\n You can hear the moment Michael Kay finds out DMX passed away 5 years ago, this was so awkward\ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/1oAhGfuJrW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 joe (@BurdenBurner) June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a big enough budget that we could get DMX to do the second one, in person,\u201d Kay joked. But the joke seemed more about it being unrealistic that YES would actually pay DMX to come perform in person, and less about the real reason why it was impossible for him to perform anywhere in person.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s available?\u201d Cone asked.<\/p>\n After a brief pause, Kay hilariously answered, \u201cYeah, he\u2019s not available, unfortunately.\u201d And he\u2019s not available because DMX died more than five years ago.<\/p>\n This one was less egregious than the time Rex Ryan forgot Dwayne Haskins<\/a> died, or when Stephen A. Smith appeared to forget Hank Steinbrenner<\/a> passed. And to be fair to Kay, there is absolutely no way he wasn\u2019t aware DMX died at the time of his passing. It was almost certainly discussed on The Michael Kay Show, ESPN New York\u2019s afternoon radio program at the time, hosted by Kay, Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg. Rosenberg even notably helped organize Hot 97\u2019s Summer Jam concert that year, which was a tribute to DMX.<\/p>\n But five years later, Michael Kay briefly appeared to forget why DMX would not be available to record a song for YES Network\u2019s Yankee broadcast.<\/p>\n \t