{"id":5073,"date":"2021-04-25T22:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2021-04-26T02:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:57:57","slug":"earl-simmons-dmx-ongoing-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=5073","title":{"rendered":"Earl Simmons &#8216;DMX&#8217; Homegoing and Family Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Homegoing service for Earl Simmons &#8216;DMX&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvrEAAdMOIo\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dmx\/?hl=en\">IG<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Earl Simmons<\/b> (December 18, 1970 \u2013 April 9, 2021), aka <b>DMX<\/b> (&#8220;Dark Man X&#8221;), was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s. Artists, family and friends got on stage to acknowledge the impact the Ruff Ryders rapper had on their lives. Members of the Ruff Ryders music label like Eve, Swizz Beatz, Drag-On and founding member Joaquin &#8220;Waah&#8221; Dean shared the mic to express words of gratitude and lessons he taught them.<\/p>\n<p>The first child to speak choked up for a few seconds, after he got his composure and read aloud a beautiful tribute to her father. \u201cWhen my father passed, someone messaged me something that really stuck with me,\u201d she said. \u201cThey said \u2018the hardest thing ever is accepting that this earth still rotates without the people you love. You think they mean as much to the earth itself as they do in my heart.\u2019 But my father wasn\u2019t just loved by myself and my family and his friends, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2021\/4\/24\/22401606\/nas-dmx-belly-memorial\">loved by everyone<\/a>\u00a0around the world, so I understand that I\u2019m not the only one that feels this way and even though sometimes I want to be selfish and keep him all to myself, I\u2019m feeling what you guys are feeling right now.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5080 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5.jpg?resize=631%2C420&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw so much in me not just because I was his daughter, but because we just understood each other. We could talk about everything except boys, no boys!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2021\/4\/24\/22401670\/twitter-reacts-dmx-daughter-raps\">He saw so much potential in me<\/a> before I could even see it in myself. We were the same and you were great so in your eyes that\u2019s all I could ever be to you. And though I wish things were different and that he could see me graduate college and grow up and walk me down the aisle, you being at peace is more important than all those things. I know for a fact that you\u2019re resting peacefully and that you\u2019re not in pain anymore. And although that doesn\u2019t make it easier, that doesn\u2019t make it okay .. I know you\u2019re extremely happy that through all this, me and my brothers and sisters are<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5078 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-4-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-4.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DMX-4.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> finally in the same room together.\u201d Another daughter said, \u201cHe referred to life as suffering. Well God came down and saved him finally. He saved him from the pain and suffering. For him to be at that level of peace is more than any of us could ask for him. And it\u2019s more than any of could ever do for him. He deserves it.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2021\/4\/24\/22401596\/swizz-beatz-eve-ruff-ryders-dmx-memorial-service\">He touched every heart<\/a>\u00a0in this room and many more across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another daughter, Aaliyah, said, \u201cIt makes me sad that my dad will never be able to sing happy birthday to me again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homegoing service for Earl Simmons &#8216;DMX&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0IG Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 \u2013 April 9, 2021), aka DMX (&#8220;Dark Man X&#8221;), was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s. Artists, family and friends got on stage to acknowledge the impact the Ruff Ryders rapper had on their lives. 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