This weekend, friends and family of DMX will say their final goodbyes. A memorial service for the late rapper is set to be held today at 4 p.m. in Brooklyn. The COVID-19 health guidelines have restricted attendance to "A Celebration Of Life Memorial" for strictly close friends and family members since the Barclay's Center can only host 10% of their usual capacity.
Hours before the ceremony, the Ruff Ryders were in full effect as X's casket was taken to the Barclay's Center in a monster truck which read, "Long Live DMX" on the side. Followed behind the truck was the Ruff Ryders bike crew who came out in numbers to ride X to the Barclay's Center. One Twitter user said that over 2000 bikes were riding through Trinity Bridge for X. A birds-eye view of the scene corroborates this claim.
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Tomorrow (April 25th), BET will be honoring the Yonkers legend with exclusive coverage of his homegoing celebration which is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. EST. Like his memorial, attendance in limited to his close friends and family but fans will also be able to live stream this event on YouTube.
"DMX is a musical icon whose impact was truly groundbreaking and transcended generations,” executive VP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy, Connie Orlando said of X.
Long live DMX. Read, "DMX, The Honest Writer."