'Everybody has an X story': Rap legend DMX remembered by local New Yorkers Mark Lungariello, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Hip-hop icon DMX dies after suffering heart attack Replay Video It seems everybody from Westchester County in New York has a DMX story. Whether it was bumping into him shopping at Target in White Plains or running into him at a New Rochelle barbershop, locals remember the hip-hop icon as always out and about on his home turf. “He would always stop for pictures with people and have regular conversations,” said A.J. Woodson, editor-in-chief of the news site Black Westchester.