Rest in Peace DMX April 9th, 2021

[NotaPAWG]

I’ve always loved this performance wit Cam & X, his charisma and energy always pulled you in, not just in music performing but his entire personality

 

[Viva]

X my man but how long before the outrage? Only a matter of time before causal listeners that have hopped on the bandwagon in the wake of this unfortunate event will eventually delve too deep into his catalog and find all the shyt that is bound to get someone canceled this day and age... X was a wild nikka.
some of it was for shock value and some of it was real shyt lol

Man who gives a fukk right now

 

[TheDarceKnight]

X my man but how long before the outrage? Only a matter of time before causal listeners that have hopped on the bandwagon in the wake of this unfortunate event will eventually delve too deep into his catalog and find all the shyt that is bound to get someone canceled this day and age... X was a wild nikka.
some of it was for shock value and some of it was real shyt lol

Nah it won't happen to X. He wore the hypocrisy of being a human being proudly. He owned it too much to get cancelled after death over it. It's hard to cancel people that took full ownership that are also so universally loved.

He said some wild shyt but he'll be okay.

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Boom boom boom ! Open the door! ATF!

 

[Ripp]

Nah it won't happen to X. He wore the hypocrisy of being a human being proudly. He owned it too much to get cancelled after death over it. It's hard to cancel people that took full ownership that are also so universally loved.

He said some wild shyt but he'll be okay.

I hear you.. and I hope you're right

 

[aceboon]

Good read, lmao @ the quote

 

[RammerJammer]

 

[aceboon]

X my man but how long before the outrage? Only a matter of time before causal listeners that have hopped on the bandwagon in the wake of this unfortunate event eventually delve too deep into his catalog and find all the shyt that is bound to get someone canceled this day and age... X was a wild nikka.
some of it was for shock value and some of it was real shyt lol

shyt isn't gonna work, a few of them tried to do it with the Versus and it got shut down, X is too loved for that nonsense

 

[King P]

Stepped out of work a while ago today to get food, my coworker rode with me. He was like "yo, play RR Anthem"

I'm like iight, but lemme switch it up. Played the remix instead...



He literally went And we both rapped the whole song from Drag-On's beginning to X's end

X playing through every whip in the city

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I hear you.. and I hope you're right

I hope so too man

 

[BK The Great]

X my man but how long before the outrage? Only a matter of time before causal listeners that have hopped on the bandwagon in the wake of this unfortunate event eventually delve too deep into his catalog and find all the shyt that is bound to get someone canceled this day and age... X was a wild nikka.
some of it was for shock value and some of it was real shyt lol

fukk that cancel culture bullshyt. Someone should rock their jaw.

 

[puppetmaster]

We need a Belly watch party soon. Celebrate the legends

 

[Marc Spector]

man this hurts

Like many of yall, i was about 9-10 when X hit the scene and Ill never forget my earliest memory of him in the "get at me dog" video.

before I even knew how to conceptualize that X was a product of the 70s/80s crack era of NYC, i knew that "this nikka is straight from the gutter "

but that was X's appeal. He brought all the aggressiveness, the machismo, the charisma, the wit, the darkness, the self hate, etc of the streets/prison lifestyle.

And seeing him become THE biggest rap star on the planet was something else in the midst of the Iconic Shiny Suit/Bling Bling/SuperProducer/High Budget HIp Hop era
( *sidenote modern kids will never understand that this was the 80s-90s Action Hero era of Hip Hop. Those guys who came to prominence during this time were larger than life)

Hows it Going Down also remains one of my favorite and most prominent song/video combos of all time too


Ill never admit to being a huge X fan but goddamn he was a very important icon from my childhood and Ive always been hip to how important he was to Hip Hop especially the NYC scene.

One part from Get At Me Dog (which is my fav song by him as well) IMO encapsulates how special he was as a MC, using his energetic flow, his master control of tone to put emotional emphasis on certain parts of verse (he sounds absolutely disgusted when talking about the fakeness of nikkas )

"Ah! You know I don't know how to act
Get too close to nikkas, it's like, "Protected by Viper, stand back"
What's this? I thought you nikkas was killers, demented
The fukk you want me to do with this coward?
Finish him, it's ended "

Rest in Peace Earl. I hope you found the peace you so desperately sought.

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

You got a link? I’m not seeing anything when I search, like they put out a greatest hits release?

DMX: The Ruff Ryder by DMX
they had it show up right wheee the dmx essentials is. Def jam probably hit up Apple n told them make it less noticeable

 

[JodyHiighroller]

Good read, lmao @ the quote

That’s what I be saying to them people at the corner store beggin for money all day

Soon as they ask if got some money to spare I hit em with the “I was just about to ask you”