DMX's Family Remembers Late Rapper During Private Funeral Service

Kanye West and Sunday Service Choir’s tribute to DMX has been hailed as a “genuine act of love” by Swizz Beatz.West performed alongside his gospel choir at DMX’s memorial at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York last month, opening the service with a rendition of Soul II Soul’s ‘Keep On Movin’ as well as the hymn ‘Jesus Loves Me’.During a recent interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Beatz said: “It was a very genuine act of love and support from Ye.

DMX is set to air as a two-part special, in what is being billed as his final interview. The artist, real name Earl Simmons, died on 9 April, having spent several days on life support at a New York hospital following a catastrophic cardiac arrest.

DMX – will now be known as ‘Earl “DMX” Simmons Day’.The tribute to the late rapper was announced at his memorial service over the weekend by Erica Ford, the co-founder of Life Camp, an organisation dedicated to the prevention of gun violence.She was joined by community activist Priscilla Echi, who confirmed that Senate Resolution 631 was introduced to the New York Senate floor last week. “Our New York State Senate has called December 18 Earl “DMX” Simmons Day,” Echi announced.

Hip-hop legend and actor Earl "DMX" Simmons was celebrated on Saturday by family and close friends with a musical-filled memorialheld at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Photographic footage of the New York rapper, who was behind such iconic songs as "Party Up (Up in Here)" and the star of action movies includingExit Wounds,was projected above and below the stage as the Sunday Service Choir performed a number of songs under deep red lighting.

DMX‘s fans, friends and family are saying goodbye. The rapper was honoured with a homegoing celebration and private funeral on Sunday, three weeks after his death on April 9. 

coronavirus pandemic.DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering what officials called a catastrophic cardiac arrest.

A memorial service for DMX was held Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The two-hour service included close family and friends, and an audience dotted with celebrities, according to FOX 5 New York.

DMX can tune in to watch his memorial service from 6pm ET (11pm BST) today (April 24).The in-person event held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York is limited to friends and family due to coronavirus restrictions, however, the memorial is being broadcast online via DMX’s YouTube channel. Stream below.As ABC7 reports, hundreds of motorcyclists drove through Brooklyn ahead of the memorial, which is happening the day before the rapper’s private funeral.

Legendary rapper DMX is set to be remembered in a touching memorial, attended by his family and close friends. The New York native, who grew up in Yonkers, will be memorialized as a loving father and incredible visionary in the music industry at the April 24 memorial, held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. The service comes just a few weeks after the legendary rapper died on April 9 at the age of 50.

DMX has taken his final ride through New York City.Before the rapper's memorial service on Saturday, his red casket was driven from where he grew up in Yonkers, New York to Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where one of DMX's final big concerts took place back in June 2019. His casket was carried on a monster truck with the words «Long Live DMX» written on the side.

DMX” Simmons will take place this weekend.Following hospitalisation on April 3 after suffering from a heart attack brought on by a reported overdose, DMX remained in intensive care and on life support until he passed away, age 50, on April 9 in New York.In a post to the musician’s official Instagram today (April 23), it was revealed two memorial services will take place.The first, a Celebration of Life ceremony on Saturday April 24 at 10pm BST (4pm ET) at the Barclay Centre in Brooklyn, NY, will

Forever and always. DMX’s fiancée, Desiree Lindstrom, debuted a new tribute tattoo for the late rapper, who passed away on Friday, April 9, after an overdose on April 2.

DMX's fiancée, Desiree Lindstrom is getting a permanent tribute to the late rapper. New York-based tattoo artist Krystal Kills posted a photo of Desiree's forearm where a tattoo reading, «Dog Love» sits over a large «X.» «Dog Love» is the name of DMX's 2006 song and the «X» was drawn in the same font the late performer used to stylize his stage name. «I feel honored to be able to do this memorial but also saddened,» Krystal wrote.

DMX‘s final album is probably one of his “best”.The legendary rapper, whose real name was Earl Simmons, died yesterday (April 9) at the age of 50.

DMX.The iconic rapper — whose real name was Earl Simmons — diedat the age of 50, his family announced on Friday. DMX was hospitalized in White Plains, New York, on April 2 after suffering a heart attack and was in critical condition.His family addressed his hospitalization in a statement on Sunday, stating, «On Friday night, April 2nd, 2021, our brother, son, father, and colleague DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, was admitted to White Plains (NY) Hospital, facing serious health issues.

led to his death at 50 on Friday at White Plains Hospital — to his run-ins with the law, he had fallen from the heights that had once made him one of hip-hop’s biggest stars.However the New York native — born Earl Simmons in Mount Vernon and raised in Yonkers  — was as talented as he was troubled. He made his name battling in street circles and had an infamous battle with Jay-Z back in 1993 before the two were famous.