All Blog Posts Tagged 'DMX' (111)

Actor Tyrin Turner who appeared in the 1998 cult film “Belly,” recently revealed that he tried to sabotage the movie after director Hype Williams gave his role to DMX. Turner sat down with Dub C and CJ Mac and shared he was promised the lead role of Tommy “Buns” Bundy in the film, but Williams changed his mind and gave it to DMX instead. Turner was instead…

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As the Hip Hop community continues to mourn the losses of two late, great artists from two different generations. Juice WRLD and DMX, their lives and legacies will both be made into documentaries, which are both slated to be released by HBO later this year. Christopher Frierson, the director of DMX: Don’t Try To Understand, follows the life of the…

Lil Wayne gave fans an epic live performance on Saturday (May 1) at Trillerfest Miami. Inside Marine Stadium, Weezy headlined the show weaving through a variety of his hits. Before he performed his Carter V cut “Uproar,” Wayne paid homage to the late DMX.

“You see, when I was a younger kid we used to be on tour a lot, like six months out the year,” Wayne said…

Producer Irv Gotti is in the hot seat after claiming collaborator DMX died from a “bad dose of crack” mixed with fentanyl.

While an official toxicology report has yet to be released to the public, Gotti, real name Irving Lorenzo Jr., told Chicago’s 107.5 WGCI’s morning show that the late rapper died from smoking fentanyl-laced crack cocaine.

“They said…

The life and music of rap icon DMX are being honored at a “Celebration of Life” memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

The private service –originally set to kick off at 4 p.m., then pushed back to 5:30 p.m., and still not begun by 6 p.m — is being livestreamed on the rapper’s YouTube channel.

Organizers did not release details about who would…

A memorial will be held for DMX at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center next week, two weeks after the Yonkers rapper died from complications of a drug overdose.

The hip-hop icon, who died at the age of 50 after spending a week in a coma, will be honored by family and friends on April 24.

A source working on the event told Page Six that it will be closed to the public.…

Two people were shot Wednesday night near the scene of a Westchester vigil honoring the late rapper DMX, a report said.

One of the gunshot victims from near Fourth Street Park in Mount Vernon sought refuge in the back seat of the News 12 vehicle, which was occupied by reporters who had covered the event, according to the outlet.

The shootings happened…

DMX has died, as a representative for his family told Pitchfork. The rapper was hospitalized on April 2 after suffering an apparent drug overdose and subsequent heart attack at his home in White Plains, New York. He was 50 years old. DMX’s family issued the following statement via the press representative:

We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved…

Iconic DJ Funkmaster Flex says that DMX’s friends in the music industry should have done more to help the ailing rapper.

The troubled rapper, 50, is in a vegetative state after suffering a drug overdose and heart attack on Friday.

But Flex says that industry insiders knew about his drug demons.

“The music business is a gorilla. It’s a bottomless…

DMX’s family is asking for prayers as the famed rapper is in a “vegetative state” following a drug overdose and heart attack last week.

“We ask that you please keep Earl/DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes, and prayers as well as respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” the family of the rapper (born Earl Simmons) wrote in a statement to…

Hip Hop icon DMX’s life is hanging in the balance after the rapper suffered a drug overdosed Friday night.

According to TMZ, sources close to the “What’s My Name” artist claim the OD occurred at 11 p.m. Sources added that the overdose then triggered a heart attack.

DMX, 50, is currently in the critical care unit of a White Plains hospital where he…

DMX got vulnerable in a new interview with Talib Kweli on his People's Party show, sharing his story of crack addiction and how it started.

“I learned that I had to deal with the things that hurt me," he shared. "I didn’t really have anybody to talk to… in the hood, nobody wants to hear that… Talking about your problems is viewed as a sign of weakness when…

DMX has canceled his upcoming slate of concerts in order to return to rehab, the rapper announced Saturday.

“In his ongoing commitment to putting family and sobriety first, DMX has checked himself into a rehab facility,” DMX’s Instagram told fans. “He apologizes for his cancelled shows and thanks his fans for their continued support.”

Kim Kardashian shared a video of rapper DMX preaching at Kanye West's Sunday Service. Another highlight of the service was the participation of Kanye's oldest child, daughter North West.…

DMX isn't wasting any time getting back to work following his early release from prison late last month. Since he was behind bars for the 20th anniversary of his acclaimed It's Dark and Hell Is Hot 1998 debut album, X announced plans Monday (Feb. 4) for a tour in celebration of the classic project.

The 48-year-old will hit the road for 32 shows across the United…

Fresh off his release from prison, DMX made clear he doesn’t like what he’s hearing from today’s rappers.

In a preview of an upcoming interview with Los Angeles radio show “Big Boy’s Neighborhood,” the 48-year-old decried the state of rap today, saying it misrepresents the hip-hop lifestyle, particularly in its glamorization of drugs.

“They’re all promoting…

Swizz Beatz says DMX is trying something different this time.

The 40-year-old producer, who broke through thanks to his work on the rapper’s “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem,” said his old friend focused on his head, not his body, during his 10-month stint in federal prison for tax evasion. He also said DMX, 48, is ready to get back in the studio and work on new music.

“I…

DMX is a free man again.

The “X Gon’ Give It to Ya” singer, 48, was released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution in West Virginia on Friday morning, according to TMZ.

X, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had been in the prison serving nearly a year for tax evasion. He was sentenced by a federal judge last March, and ordered to pay $2.3 million in…

A famed hip-hop producer for DMX claims he hasn’t been paid royalties in nearly a decade.

Michael Gomez, who worked under the name DJ Shok with the Yonkers-based Ruff Ryders on Grammy-nominated DMX records like 1999’s “. . . And then…