The Hip Hop community continues to mourn the deaths of DMX and Black Rob. Family, friends and fans have come out to share all types of memories with both men, and the stories have been a touching way to honor their respected careers. During an interview with Power 106 on Friday (April 23), New York rap star Jim Jones gave his thoughts on his fallen peers and how New York City is hurting the most.
“Those losses are tremendous for New York,” Jones said when asked how the city was doing. “It definitely hit us hard to lose DMX, who did so much for the culture, and I’ve had relationships with both of them.”
Jones explained he got to be around DMX while touring with Cam’ron in the late ’90s and saw how special he was. Through their interactions on tour, Jones and X were able to form a relationship that lasted as a friendship throughout the years. Jones admitted X’s death was hard, and Black Rob’s death didn’t make it any easier.
“Harlem is like, three degrees of separation instead of six degrees of separation,” Jones explained. “When we lose Black Rob or when we see Black Rob was in the hospital just before his passing, it was like a double hurt, especially being from Harlem, and Black Rob being a few avenues up the street from me.”
Jones revealed the project building he grew up in was very close to Black Rob’s building, explaining that his relationship with him was more profound than anything music-related.
“Black Rob came on and put on for the whole Eastside, put on for everybody from Harlem,” Jones said. “It’s dope that he has left a legacy that no one can erase at the end of the day, and coming from Harlem, that’s real special.”
When it comes to New York Hip Hop, Jim Jones salutes the legends, but he makes sure to look out for the younger generation. On April 15, Jim Jones took to Instagram to show fans what his first meet-up was like with Bobby Shmurda while also giving him props.
Jim Jones Salutes Bobby Shmurda For Paying His Debt To Society 'Like A Real N-gga'
“Look who home,” Jones told fans in the video of him linking with Shmurda and his crew. “He walked on down on you n-ggas, you heard? Real niggas in the building. We have to give him his flowers. He did it like he supposed to. We gotta celebrate n-ggas like this, you heard? He paid his debt to society like a real n-gga do. Fuck is you n-ggas talking about? Back to the bag, you heard?”
You know what else is a great lost to NYC Hip Hop? Drill Music cRappers, Bitch Montana and SnitchNine. Please God, can we we make a trade? All these for DMX and Black Rob back….Hell as a bonus( To Satan, we’ll throw in Diddy for free) Please?
STFU U LITTLE SHIT
WTF is wrong with you? I rather have DMX and Black Rob back than to ever have to listen to the BS of these recent batch of NYC FeMCs and tone-deaf retards.
I bet you’re not from NYC. who gives a shit about what you rather have. weirdo troll
We take your mother this trade is better
Emotional lil bitches aren’t you guess it’s that time of the month for y’all.
“they [sic] deal with emotions like bitches…”
He also calls gravity “heavy.” Great article. SMH
R. I. P to both emcees but l will hardly call it a ‘Tremendous Loss’ to N. Y. C. music scene. D. M. X was way past his prime, he wasn’t even active like that musically. Black Rob on the other hand was a one hit wonder. I don’t think anyone outside of a die hard fan can name one song from apart from ‘Whoa’. I wonder what legacy he is taking about.
“D. M. X was way past his prime, he wasn’t even active like that musically”… yeah right but Biggie who only released two albums while he was alive was called the king of New York and people talk about him like his death was a huge loss for the east coast while rappers who had more impact such as Nas and the Wu-Tang were still active and released classics. You cannot be serious about DMX. From 1998 to 2003 he got the game so locked that he left a huge print in the culture. The mere fact that he was not “active like that musically” after 2010 doesn’t mean his loss is not tremendous considering what he brought to the table. It would be like saying the loss of Rakim or Q-Tip won’t be a huge loss for New York just because they aren’t “active like that” anymore. FOH! You definitely must be born in the mid 90s or early 2000s to say some bullshit like that. Your generation consider Pop Smoke was a huge loss for New York while this motherfucker wasn’t talented like that and his material was not that good either. Only older heads can understand what X meant to the community and how much is death left a huge hole in the culture.
Biggie died at his prime though.l didn’t mean no disprespect. I was just saying he (D. M. X) had already accomplished what he wanted, unlike someone like Biggie who died at his peak. And by the way l was born in the late 80s
#realtalk? 1st albums
DMX “Its Dark & Hell Is Hot” (Classic) 1998 & dropped a 2nd album same year which is also a (Classic) 5 classics in a row.
Black Rob “Life Story” (Classic) 2000
Plus DMX had many more classics along wit being an actor.
Belly the movie wit Nas (Classic) & other movies too.
Both artist have History in da game
R.I.P. 2 Great Artists
No shit