DMX – who died of a heart attack in April of this year – with a large mural in his hometown of Yonkers, New York.Floyd Simmons (no relation to the rapper, real name Earl Simmons) began working on the mural back in May on a wall close to Calcagno Homes on School Street, the public housing complex where the late DMX once lived.It was unveiled to the public by Mayor of Yonkers Mike Spano earlier this week, with members of Ruff Ryders, Def Jam Records and the rapper’s fiancée Desiree Lindstrom in attendance.The giant mural – 35 by 22 feet – features a portrait of X along with verses from songs like 1998’s ‘Look Thru My Eyes’, in which the rapper references the area: “Come through flyin’, up 129 / Up the School Street ’cause I come through.
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