Earl Simmons

Family members, friends and clergy members dressed in white and red honoured the life and faith of hip-hop icon DMX at his homegoing celebration on Sunday in New York.

DMX, the iconic hip-hop artist behind the songs “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here)” whose distinctively gruff voice and thoughtful messages in his rhymes made him one of rap’s biggest stars, has died, according to a family statement Friday.