Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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From this point onward, DNA no longer exists to me.

Discussing the rules in greater detail:
When DNA Tru Lyricist says “DNA”, “Tru”, “Lyricist” "David Phelps", or any word similar (e.g. true, truth, lyrics, lyricism, lyrical, etc), then this will result in adding 1 point to DNA referencing himself.
He technically does mention a lot of other things, such as his albums (best examples being Ripgut(ology), Warlock, and 1 Deep), other personal things in his life, along with VERY frequently mentioning a lot of movies such as Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Cujo, Candy Man, and others. AND he also likes to talk about ripping out organs, killing with specific weapons, killing specific living things, having (forced) sexual relations with his audience (of mostly minors) (and also with the listeners significant others).
Despite all of these things that would make this video likely triple or quadruple in length, I decided to stick to ONLY moments where he says his own name or words closely related to his name.

If a featured artist says any of the words, it will not count as a point, because DNA does not have control over this.
If DNA adds an audio clip with any of the words (including adlibs or random voice clips), this WILL count as a point, because DNA DOES have control over this.

How points are decided (gaining points is bad, btw):
In my half of 2023 video, I counted every individual word as a point (youtu.be/leA4Zt_HxCY).
This year, I'm only counting each INSTANCE as a point.
For example: If DNA says "DNA Tru Lyricist", that would've been 3 points in 2023. This year, it's only 1 point (mostly for the sake of my own convenience).
Though, depending on what he says and how he says it, I may count it as more than 1. So don't feel confused if you see the counter go up by 2 or more.

Notes:
- I skip a large amount of Random Wreckage and Metaphysics, since a lot of it was cringe. I assume I may have missed some references to himself, but I just can't deal with it.
- The only individual video released that doesn't have a self reference is I See You Freestyle.

Extra details:
- This video only covers YouTube VIDEOS. So I won't count anything he uploads outside of YouTube. This also excludes DistroKid uploads (which usually don't appear well on YouTube). YouTube Shorts or livestreams are also excluded.
With this detail alone, it's safe to assume DNA would've likely hit 700-800+.
- All videos after June may be out of chronological order, as the methods I was previously using stopped working properly. All videos are still within their correct months. 1 or 2 may not be correct, as some were hard to check (since DNA took down a good number of videos shown). I also stopped receiving notifications after September, so it's possible that he deleted songs.

So why am I doing this?
I used to be a huge fan of DNA in middle school and high school. To this day, I still think he isn't really all that bad. He has a pretty decent vocal range, he has many flows, pretty nice speed control, and I'd say his overall skill level is at least a solid 6-8/10 (if each song was put in a vacuum).
The problem is when you see his entire discography, and realize he hasn't actually done all that much, especially in the later years.
Most of his music can be summed up to: DNA Tru Lyricist, tru ripsta, [insert horror movie], David Phelps/King David, [insert album name], ripping your organs out, sexual assault, 2 daughters, best ever in history forever, idgaf, and making disses on anyone who so much as calls him mid.

So DNA, if you happen to read any of this, please don't be afraid to branch out into new ideas. It might make uploading a little bit slower, and it might be a little bit harder to think about what to write, but I promise it's worth it.
And credit producers! All you need to do is type "(prod. [insert producer name])". I bet you wouldn't like it if people didn't credit you, so treat others how you would like to be treated. That's a concept that is taught to literal pre-schoolers and Kindergartners.

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The work is transformative, and adds new expression and meaning to DNAs music.
All material is factual, and based in reality.
Only necessary amounts of footage is used.
And is a demonstration for criticism, as an attempt to improve the future of the artist.

Any attempt to take down this video will be considered abuse of YouTubes tools and is against TOS, and attempting to falsely copyright strike my video is against the law.