NBA players are paying their respects after Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, died at 50.
The news was announced Friday in a family statement.
Teams and players across the NBA, including the New York Knicks and LeBron James, offered their appreciation of the late rapper and actor.
❌4L!! Rest In Paradise LEGEND!! 🐕🐕 pic.twitter.com/Y0m0DVl5Up
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 9, 2021
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RIP DMX😔 pic.twitter.com/xYiBdqjLQl— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) April 9, 2021
RIP DMX 🙏🏽
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) April 9, 2021
RIP TO A LEGEND @DMX 🙏🏾🕊 pic.twitter.com/LNiuHcuiya
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) April 9, 2021
Rest in Paradise DMX 🙏🏽
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) April 9, 2021
— James Harden (@JHarden13) April 9, 2021
There will never be another.
We mourn the loss of New York’s own, DMX. pic.twitter.com/6blzcQrjtV
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) April 9, 2021
RIP Legend 🙏🏾🤍🦋 pic.twitter.com/7azH6xHq1M
— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) April 9, 2021
Grew up listening to your music word for word as young kid. You name will liv forever! R.I.P DMX 🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Marcus Morris (@MookMorris2) April 9, 2021
Rest In Peace X! Legacy will always live on!!
— Keef Morris (@Keefmorris) April 9, 2021
RIP DMX 🙏🏾
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) April 9, 2021
DMX’s impact on Atlanta is clear. Rest In Peace to one of the best ever.
(Credit: @onemusicfest) pic.twitter.com/dSnu5PoU38
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) April 9, 2021
— JJJ (@jarenjacksonjr) April 9, 2021
RiP DMX🙏🏾
— Paul Millsap (@Paulmillsap4) April 9, 2021
Rest up DMX🦅🙏🏽
— 14 (@RjHampton14) April 9, 2021
DMX gave hope to the hopeless.. RIP legend 🙏🏾
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) April 9, 2021
Another GREAT gone. Man…Life is Precious! Rest Easy 🙏🏽#DMXforever
— Shaun Livingston (@ShaunLivingston) April 9, 2021
