Last night, Lauryn Hill posted a heartfelt message on Instagram about the passing of DMX. The note recognized their shared battles with the music industry and sent her condolences to DMX’s loved ones.
I have a lot of frustration when it comes to how artists are treated, the willful neglect, the energy made to sabotage and block, the attempt to addict for the sole, selfish purpose of containing and controlling the essential expression of artists, the agendas that put commercial gain over everything without serious regard for the well-being and care of the people whose gifts, abilities, experiences AND traumas are used to generate so much for so many. RIP DMX, may God heal and transform you into all the beauty He intended for you. May He reconcile and cancel your debts and provoke dramatic change in those who contributed to your pain. May your family, children and those who truly loved you be held up, healed and supported through this devastating loss and may the world realize how expensive these premature departures are to the families, to the arts and to the world in general.
DMX passed away on Friday, April 9 after suffering a heart attack in his home on April 2. At approximately 11 p.m. on April 2, he was rushed to White Plains Hospital and placed on life support. After the heart attack, he also suffered cerebral hypoxia (oxygen deprivation to his brain) with “lung and brain failure” and no brain activity.
