Legendary superproducer Swizz Beatz remembers legendary NYC rapper and actor DMX on his 52nd birthday with a heartfelt Instagram tribute saying, “We Miss You, Dog.”
Swizz, whose real name is Kasseem Daoud Dean, shared the IG post on DMX’s now-heavenly birthday, Dec. 18.
“Everybody, please wish my brother the Icon @DMX a HBD [cake],” he wrote in the post’s caption. “We miss you, Dog [Black praying hands emojis]. We know you’re looking down on us smiling [Black praying hands emojis]. Love you, King……..Long live DMX the Great!”
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The Bronx native continued celebrating his longtime friend and collaborator with another IG post the following day.
“HAPPY DMX DAY [lightning bolt emojis]. Long live the DOG!!! @dmx, what’s your fav X song ?” he asked his fans and followers beneath a photo of the rapper.
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That day he shared another video of himself chilling in the pool while smoking a cigar to X’s “Slippin’” (1998). The classic track was the first single from his 1998 album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood.
“[red X] 4 Life…….” he wrote in the Instagram post’s caption.
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The beloved musician shockingly passed away, at the age of 50, in April 2021, Sis2Sis reported at the time. He had reportedly been on life support since he suffered a heart attack induced by a drug overdose the Friday before his death.
Sis2Sis confirmed that “some of his children flew in to visit the ill entertainer. On Tuesday evening, it was confirmed that may have been their final farewell, according to doctors’ bleak prognosis. The rapper’s loved ones had to make the decision to remove the 50-year-old man from life support after physicians performed exams to test his brain function. The beloved rapper remained in a vegetative state until his passing.”
DMX was survived by a whopping 15 children with various mothers, including his ex-wife Tashera Simmons.
