Swizz Beatz’s love for DMX goes far beyond their rise with Ruff Ryders and evolving into household names. In Swizz’s eyes, they were brothers. After X’s untimely passing on Friday (April 9), the man who produced one of X’s greatest songs, “Ruff Ryders Anthem,” took to Instagram to pay tribute to his fallen friend.
“My brother was a different type of brother — a different type of artist, a different type of creative, different type of spirit, different type of zone, different type of soul,” Swizz said. “Since the day that I met him, he lived his life for everyone else … You ain’t never seen DMX with a Lamborghini, you ain’t never seen my brother with a Rolls-Royce, you ain’t never seen him iced out with no jewelry. He did not care about any of that.
He was the biggest … He was the biggest because he prayed for everybody else more than himself. He’d get on the stage and pray for 15,000 people, knowing that he needed more prayers than anybody that he was praying for.”
Throughout the eight-minute video, the visibly shaken Swizz Beatz took time to lay out everything he loved about X, even the painful moments when he would be behind bars but actually “be free.” Last July, the two got to celebrate one another during a massive Verzuz event featuring DMX and Snoop Dogg.
“My brother would take care of everybody before he would take care of himself,” he said. “I never seen a human like him. The closest I’ve ever seen to a prophet. Know why he was suffering? ’Cause he took everyone’s pain and made it his. His humanitarian work should be celebrated.”
Together, X and Swizz helped build Ruff Ryders into one of the more formidable labels in Hip Hop during the late ’90s. After the breakthrough of “Ruff Ryders Anthem” from X’s 1998 debut album It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot, the two would deliver X’s biggest single, “Party Up,” from his third album, 1999’s …And Then There Was X. As X continued to fight his demons, Swizz was by his side and the two even teased a brand new album from Dark Man X earlier this year (which will likely still see the light of day).
NBA Stars LeBron James, Bradley Beal, Ja Morant + More Honor DMX’s Legacy
Swizz’s eulogy for DMX is the latest in a series of tributes given to the legendary Yonkers rapper. From LeBron James to Ja Morant, multiple stars across the world gave X his flowers through various videos, social media posts and more.
Wrestling with demons man…we lose every time unless we choose to get out of the ring. Rest Up X
Swizz never seen a crack head for real? Gtfo you seen plenty, you called them customers.
Stfu clown
Great and powerful message from Swizz! Many of us have loved ones that battle mental health issues and substance abuse. We stick by them and love them anyway. Swizz’s expression of love and admiration for DMX goes beyond the music business. They are truly brothers from other mothers. We love you DMX! Rest In Peace
In that photo in front of the green screen DMX is so high on crack he’s riding a invisible motorcycle..RUFF RYDERS!
Shut your ignorant ass up
DMX OMG HE WAS SO SWEET. NEVER MET HIM BUT FELT LIKE YOU KNEW HIM. NOW THAT’S REAL. NOT MANY PEOPLE LEFT OUT HERE LIKE DMX. RIP IN PEACE MY BABY. WE ARE SAD BUT SMILE KNOWING HIS DEMONS ARE DONE AND HE IS NOW AT PEACE.
Waiting for that cunt that always used to be up in here making fun of X sucking on the glass dick and belittling his struggles with drug addiction… where are you now cunt, probably chatting shit about how X meant to you and shit now he’s dead but used to take the piss outta him!!!
Glass dick been mentioned several times here lately if you look at the comments on Dmx news. and will be in the future as well, don’t worry!