DMX Dead astatine 50: His Life & Legacy
Stacey Dash had an affectional absorption this week erstwhile she learned that DMX had died much than a twelvemonth ago.
The Clueless actress—who was previously unfastened astir her past cause addiction—uploaded a video of herself breaking down successful tears aft uncovering retired that the rapper had passed distant successful April 2021 from a cocaine-induced bosom attack.
"I was strolling through #tiktok and recovered a #DMX song that has saved maine galore times," Stacey, 55, captioned the Aug. 31 Instagram post. "Suddenly it says #RIP i cognize I americium late, one did not cognize helium passed away, he #OD I americium heartbroken - helium was specified a large guy."
In the clip, the histrion tells her followers that she's "ashamed" that she is conscionable present uncovering retired astir DMX's death. "I didn't cognize DMX died," she explained. "I didn't cognize from a cocaine overdose."
Stacey added, "I americium today, six years and 1 period cleanable and it breaks my heart. It breaks my bosom that helium mislaid to it. He lost. He mislaid to that demon of addiction. Please, delight don't lose."
While immoderate fans successful the comments conception of Stacey's Instagram station criticized her reaction, others defended her, including 1 societal media idiosyncratic who wrote, "leave her alone. She has been very unfastened astir her pill addiction. Clearly, she's triggered by thing and dealing with stuff. We emotion Stacey."
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Another idiosyncratic commented, "You're inspiring maine to proceed trying to beryllium afloat sober fyi. No unit virtually but saying truthful due to the fact that convey you for uplifting others by uplifting yourself."
Last October, Stacey opened up astir her conflict with cause addiction, telling Dr. Oz that she first tried drugs erstwhile she was lone 8 years old, and astatine 16, she said her mother—who was besides addicted to drugs—gave her her archetypal enactment of cocaine. She besides shared that she "was taking 18 to 20 pills a day" astatine 1 point, and nary 1 knew.
At the time, however, the Single Ladies actress was celebrating 5 years of sobriety. "I'm clean, 5 years," she said successful Oct. 2021. "And successful this 5 years, my blessing—the top blessing—is that not lone person I been capable to beryllium honorable with myself and go a amended person, I've been capable to recognize my parents and that they did emotion maine and that they were doing the champion they could and they were conscionable sick. They were addicted."
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