“Oh, Iâm angry all the time⦠Sometimes people wanna feel worse! You know what I mean? You donât always want to feel better. Like, however the fuck you wanna feel, there should be a song that helps you feel that way! That you could just ride to, and then, you know, just feel like you wanna feel! Who the fuck wants to be happy all the time? You get taken advantage of, all the time. Nobodyâll take you serious. Happy all the time. Fuck outta here.” âDMX, 2019
Anger gets a bad rap sometimes, but when life deals you a shitty hand, it can be transcendently powerful. No one understood that like DMX.
DMX overcame abuse and injury and chronic illness and mental illness and addiction to become one of the greatest rappers of all time. Every one of his songs sounds like a triumphant "fuck you" to a universe that wanted to keep him down. DMX persevered and thrived. He laughed at his demons. Sometimes they laughed back.
No one else will ever do what DMX did as well as he did. His passion and sincerity and raw emotion could reach into your soul like no other artist. Knowing his rage has been a blessing.
To the universe who took him from us too soon: suck my dick.
Rest in Power, DMX. We love you.
Katzenklavier on April 10th, 2021 at 01:19 UTC »
This reminds me of something similar.
I feel like it was connected to a running joke from one of those evening talk show hosts in the 90s-00s, but there was a running gag about an old celebrity being dead.
I feel like there was a website to go with it, and I wanted to see if that celebrity actually died to see if they updated it, but I can't remember who it was.
JuanBissaka on April 10th, 2021 at 01:09 UTC »
knowing his rage has been a blessing
That was a well written tribute.
Ashesza on April 10th, 2021 at 00:34 UTC »
That was well written