“He was a great artist, and he will be truly missed.
We will miss him very much, and we have lost a great icon of music, of all styles ”.
Following the news of their idol's death, fans erected a memorial in front of White Plains Hospital, in upstate New York, to honor the memory of rapper DMX, who died at the age of 50.
“He did a lot of good things for people, unlike people who thought he was on drugs all the time.
He did a lot of things that people don't know, ”says DMX fan Taina Tyson.
"DMX is a legend and we have lost a hip-hop legend," said Al Mayo, who came especially from Connecticut.
Hundreds of fans had already gathered for several days in front of the hospital, where the rapper had been placed on an artificial respirator.
Vigils and prayers were notably organized in the presence of the family as well as a parade of motorcycles roaring in front of the establishment to the sound of the singer's greatest hits.
In all, DMX has seven official albums to his name, plus an unofficial eighth released in 2015, and an autobiography, “EARL: The Autobiography of DMX” (2003).
He will be nominated three times at the Grammy, without however winning the precious trophy.
Despite his reputation as a fierce rapper, this father of many children - 15 of several different women, according to media reports - could sometimes show a softer side, as in the remix of a Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," which went viral in 2012.
Returning in 2020 in a podcast, on his difficult childhood, he had explained how it then seemed impossible to him to talk about his problems.
"No one in the neighborhood wants to hear about this ... Talking about your problems is a sign of weakness, when one of the bravest things you can do is put them on the table, and leave them. go out ".
Tributes rained down on Friday after the announcement of his death.
Rapper TI called him a "cultural icon", while Missy Elliott spoke of "a heavy loss for the hip-hop family".
“No one gave off so much a sense of suffering, pain and atomic energy,” rapper Biz Markie tweeted.
It represented “pure adrenaline, lawless genius, total surrender.
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