# Stop Being Greedy

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{{Infobox song
| name          = Stop Being Greedy
| cover         = DMX-Stop_Being_Greedy.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [DMX](/source/DMX)
| album         = [It's Dark and Hell Is Hot](/source/It's_Dark_and_Hell_Is_Hot)
| released      = {{Start date|1998|3|7}}
| format        = 
| recorded      = October 1997
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = {{hlist|[Horrorcore](/source/Horrorcore)|[hardcore hip-hop](/source/hardcore_hip-hop)}}
| length        = 3:37
| label         = {{hlist|[Ruff Ryders](/source/Ruff_Ryders_Entertainment)|[Def Jam](/source/Def_Jam_Recordings)}}
| writer        = {{hlist|[Earl Simmons](/source/DMX)|Anthony Fields|[Michael Masser](/source/Michael_Masser)}}
| producer      = {{hlist|P.K.|Dame Grease}}
| chronology    = [DMX](/source/DMX)
| prev_title    = [Get at Me Dog](/source/Get_at_Me_Dog)
| prev_year     = 1998
| next_title    = [Money, Power & Respect](/source/Money%2C_Power_%26_Respect_(song))
| next_year     = 1998
}}

"'''Stop Being Greedy'''" is the second single by [DMX](/source/DMX) from his debut studio album. The single peaked at No.79 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) in the US.<ref>{{cite web | title=DMX {{!}} Biography, Music & News | website=Billboard | date=2026-01-22 | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dmx/chart-history/hsi/ | access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>

==Background==
The instrumental was produced by P.K. for [Ruff Ryders Entertainment](/source/Ruff_Ryders_Entertainment) and Dame Grease. The music video for the song was shot in the town of Chester, New York,  and features the old MSB bank and the [Glenmere Mansion](/source/Glenmere_mansion). The song samples "My Hero Is a Gun" by [Diana Ross](/source/Diana_Ross) from the 1975 film ''[Mahogany](/source/Mahogany_(1975_film))''.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart
!Peak<br />position
|-
|US [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
|align="center"|79
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Singles_and_Tracks)
|align="center"|45
|}

== References ==
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Category:DMX songs
Category:1998 singles
Category:1998 songs
Category:Def Jam Recordings singles
Category:Ruff Ryders Entertainment singles
Category:Hardcore hip-hop songs
Category:Horrorcore songs
Category:Songs written by DMX
Category:Songs written by Michael Masser

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