"All I Feel Is Rain" Remembering DMX The crucial rap artist passed away over the weekend... DMX, once told photographer Matthew Salacuse that "in order to speak to the people, you must walk with the people." The legendary Yonkers MC, who died on April 9th aged just 50, ambushed a shiny-suited, Cristal-drenched rap game left hollow by the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Like a hungry junkyard dog, his fierce approach tore chunks out of the ostentatious, big money flexing typical of many of his contemporaries. After a near-decade of false starts and unsigned hype, a pair of guttural, incendiary verses on posse cuts â4,3,2,1â and â24 Hours to Liveâ introduced listeners to Def Jamâs explosive new talent, shaking down the scene in the process. Flanked by a pair of barrel-chested Pitbulls, X was coming for all your shit, and there wasnât a damn thing you could do about it. âTook it then we split it / you fuckin' right we did itâ he deadpans on the riotous Ruff Ryderâs anthem.