Watch: DMX’s “Celebration Of Life” Live

By Kershaw St. Jawnson and Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur

DMX’s legions of fam, fans, and his Ruff Ryders crew traversed from his Native Yonkers, New York over the bridges and through the streets today to send the rapper off at a memorial in Brooklyn at The Barclays Center.

The view was magnificent with DMX’s casket hoisted high atop a monster truck with hundreds of motorcycles of all varieties riding behind. The truck was emblazoned with “Long Live DMX” on the side. Some of the cyclists popped wheelies as they watched the man known as Earl Simmons took one final ride through the streets that loved him so.

The procession was met with cheers and adoration for the rapper that died earlier in the month from a heart attack that put him in a coma.

The memorial started well over two hours late. Sources close the the event suggested that a myriad of issues caused the delay, including Covid-19 precautions, set up, and other matters related to a celebration of this magnitude.

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The funeral started off with a prayer by DMX and then a somber, spiritual rendition of Soul II Soul’s classics “Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)” and “Keep On Movin’.”