It is no longer news that rapper/ actor Earl Simmons, who is popularly known as DMX has given up the ghost after battling with a heart attack which was preceded by a drug overdose. The 50 years-old American celebrity died on Friday 9th, 2021 in the hospital where he was unconscious for some days.
Below are things you might find interesting about this super star.
1. Dmx has many tattoos with deep meanings: he has a bible verse tattooed on his front neck ” Exodus 1:7, this was probably his favorite bible verse which reads
” And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.
2. The tattoo on his back reads ” One Love Boomer” with a drawing of a dog which was in fact, DMX’s dog that was shot dead by a police officer when the rapper was being chased.
3. DMX used to be a street boy who looked after stray dogs in his home town.
4. He was raised by his mother who physically abused him together with her several boyfriends.
5. DMX is the father of 15 children with multiple women, many from extra-marital affairs during his marriage to Tashera Simmons, whom he was married to for 11 years.
No doubt DMX has lived an inspiring life and will always be remembered for his great contribution in the music and film industry.