The music world is still mourning the loss of DMX, who passed away on Friday, April 8 after suffering a heart attack the previous week. Swizz Beatz, an employee of X, today posted a longer memory of the rapper as a video on Instagram, describing him as “a different kind of artist, a different kind of creative, a different kind of soul.”
“Since the day I met him, he’s lived his life for everyone,” Swizz says in the video. ‘You’ve never seen him next to a Lamborghini … You’ve never seen him with any jewelry. He did not mind … He was the greatest because he prayed for everyone else. ‘
Swizz Beatz’s first position in the music industry was his rhythm for DMX’s “Ruff Ryders Anthem”, which was released in 1998. “I’m in position because of DMX,” he says at one point. “My brother was one of those. No before, no one to come. He was the most loyal person I ever knew … You could not buy DMX. His loyalty, which he loved, was never for sale. ”Watch the full clip below.
Read Pitchfork’s afterword, “Remember your DMX, which changed Rap forever.”