DMX fans and friends have taken to social media to pay tribute to the legendary rapper on the second anniversary of his death.
The Ruff Ryders breakout star died on April 9, 2021, at the age of 50. He was originally rushed to the hospital on April 2, 2021, when it was revealed that he’d suffered a heart attack possibly stemming from a drug overdose. After being in a coma for nearly a week, the “Where The Hood At” rapper ultimately lost functionality in many of his vital organs before passing away.
At the time of his death, many of his friends and peers paid tribute to the fallen legend, including Wyclef Jean, Eve, Missy Elliott, and Swizz Beatz.
Today, fans and friends alike are coming out in droves to pay tribute to the man who helped shape the sound of modern day Hip Hop, with the late rapper’s longtime friend and collaborator Swizz Beatz leading the charge.
“Long live my Dog 4 Life @dmx THE GREAT,” he wrote on Instagram alongside a series of photographs of his friend. “we feel you everyday King.”
Another tribute to DMX (real name Earl Simmons) came from his Ruff Ryders collective, who posted a photo of X’s grave to their Instagram Stories.
The collective also followed it up with an Instagram post that seemed to depict the start of the Ryde Out event.
The collective first announced the Ryde Out event last month. “Save the date! On April 9th please join the Ruff Ryders Family as we celebrate and remember our brother DMX and all our fallen Soldiers with our NYC Ryde Out!” the late rapper’s label and crew wrote on Instagram.
The post added: “Please bring all your family and friends for a day full of food, fun, games, and music. More details information to come.”
Fans, too, lined up to pay their virtual respects. “Two years ago today we lost one of the greatest hiphop artistes of all time, The Great DMX, Rest In Power King,” wrote one fan on Twitter.
Another wrote: “Today is the 2nd Anniversary of the passing of DMX…Let’s Celebrate his Life and and Legacy today!! You were one of the Realist ‘X’ Inside and Out and we will NEVER forget you or your Music!! R.I.P.”
“Rest In Peace DMX,” wrote Fake Shore Drive‘s Andrew Barber on Twitter. “Here is one of his earliest known promotional posters from 1992. Long Live the Divine Master of the Unknown!!”
Check them out below:
During the rapper’s memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in 2021, Swizz Beatz said he wished people had shown DMX more support while he was alive.
“Words can’t describe our loss, but our gain is heavy as well because we got a real serious person upstairs that’s looking down on us, and that’s going to guide us through our journey,” he said.
“I just wish all these people showed up for him when he was here. You got thousands of people claiming who they are and tickets and things like that.”
He continued: “This man needed everybody. He didn’t need everybody when he’s not here, he needed everybody when he was here. We have to learn to celebrate each other while we’re here … I don’t want y’all to show up to my shit when I’m gone, unless you was showing up while I was here.”
You can see more tributes to DMX below:
Rest Inhaling Pipe (RIP). He’s up there smoking the biggest nickel rock that he could find in heaven. We miss you Crack Man X (CMX). At least now I don’t have to worry about him continuously jocking my style.
Cornball
Get off my nuts
You’ll get yours. Be it here or in the afterlife.
They say the clouds in the sky we see.. are coming from Crackman X mouth he suckin on that glass dick up in heaven ya heaaaard
Yep, him, Whitney Houston and Rick James are up there smoking up a storm in heaven right now lol #LetsGetItCrackIn #AllTheyNeedIsOnePipe
Whitney would lie about it too.. she said crack is wack in an interview trying to deny her habit. She and Bobby once managed to nearly burn down a limousine freebasing in the back of it lol.
@Ja Rule You just replied to yourself to get off your nuts, you big dummy lol
Yes it’s true. I’m so short i can blow myself and i want to stop doing it
@Ja Rule Thanks for proving my point that you’re a cornball
You’re the big dummy if you don’t know the comment section here is broken junk that doesn’t reply to the names properly.
Rest in power to my brotha dmx one of the illest mcs to
Ever bless a mic and talented actors too he didn’t get lot of credit for this cat made not only timeless hip hop my fav all time joints from dmx is get at me dog and the remix feat the lox money cash hoes rest jay z and the remix 4,3,2,1 what’s my name black out tales from the darkside list goes on and movies cradle to
The grave Romeo must die belly never die alone and exit wounds your legacy will never be forgotten double r for life word up
It still sucks that his crack addition would ultimately be his undoing. We wanted X to be one of the long living OG in real NYC hip hop. The shit that NY is doing now… that drill shit be gay AF. For being the Mecca of Hip Hop, NY certainly does dick ride the latest trends in rap but not in a good way.
In his own words, the attacks from the devil always get stronger everytime he tried to get closer to God. it’s a damn shame how it ended R.I.P.
R.i.p.
I miss DMX. He told the world that Drake sounded like a washing machine.
Also called him “a Jew from Toronto’