He worked with X along with us and they had a special relationship since they were kids.
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TG: Swizz is your nephew and he and DMX had a great personal and professional relationship. Read More: DMX’s fiance opens up about her relationship with the rap star We have to take care of his family, the estate, and make sure his kids benefit from this situation more than anybody else. He told me he wasn’t going to promote the album and he kept his word, but he still promoted the album. He had the good, the bad, and the ugly but he always came back to God as his Savior. I think this album is really an album of celebration of someone who never gave up, no matter how rough his life was for him. Even though he’s physically not here, he’s here with us through spirit. It’s just unfortunate that this thing happened. He was in a real good comfort zone before he put this album out. He seen something that we didn’t see because he did multiple albums. He did the album with Nas, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys – all these people on this album.
He knew that he was 50 so this album is grown and sexy. He never has artists on his album like that. Waah Dean: This was an album he was really passionate about and his first album that he had a lot of features on. How did you feel about what is now the last album DMX recorded?
( Interview has been edited for length and clarity). We recently caught up with Ruff Ryders CEO Waah Dean to talk to him about DMX’s latest release and the future of the Ruff Ryders. Joaquin “Waah” Dean, CEO of Ruff Ryders (Credit: Getty Images) The Ruff Ryders crew showed up en masse to send DMX off in April, riding from Yonkers to Brooklyn, New York for a public tribute to the iconic rap star at Barclays Center. Swizz Beatz, born Kaseem Dean, is their nephew. The album, his first since 2012’s Undisputed, was also a reunion of sorts as longtime collaborator Swizz Beatz executive produced the album and it was released on Def Jam.īut DMX was also closely associated with Ruff Ryders Entertainment, founded by Joaquin “Waah” Dean, Darrin “Dee” Dean, and Chivon Dean, three siblings who grew up in Yonkers, N.Y. Read More: DMX thanks ‘God for every moment’ in final recorded interview Exodus was released on May 28 with a host of features from Jay-Z to the LOX, to Nas and Alicia Keys and has so far, received mostly positive reviews. Unfortunately, he would not be here to see the response to his efforts. When DMX passed last month, he’d already completed what was planned to be, if not his comeback album, then his reintroduction to hip-hop fans. “Your humanity, music, and spirit will forever be felt by the people you touched around the globe.Exclusive: Now that the final DMX release is out, Dean talks about his memories of the late rapper and the future of the company
“Rest in Peace to Mount Vernon’s own DMX,” Bowman wrote. My heart breaks for his family and loved ones.” “A resident of White Plains, I was proud that he lived in our congressional district. “DMX was a cultural icon who contributed so much to our music,” Jones said. Two New York congressmen also paid tribute to DMX, Mondaire Jones, who represents the district where DMX lived toward the end of his life, and Jamaal Bowman, who represents the district where the rapper grew up. Like I legitimately hope that his spirit is finally at rest.”Īnd in a testament to DMX’s wider cultural influence, LeBron James was among several prominent athletes to pay tribute to the rapper, as did actress Halle Berry, who wrote, “His gift meant so much to so many. There are no words that can mend the loss the hip-hop community felt today.” Speaking to DMX’s influence, younger artists like Chance the Rapper, Noname, Slowthai, Vince Staples, and Open Mike Eagle all posted short tributes as well, with the latter writing, “Rest in peace DMX. Other tributes came in from Ice T, who wrote, “Very very very few will ever do it like you homie,” as well as T.I., who said, “Rest in peace to a cultural icon. Your music will be here 1,000 years from now and fire, passion, pain and positive energy you put into every word will always be celebrated, remembered and enjoyed by our culture. You went from the underdog to the Big Dog. LL Cool J said of DMX, “You did everything you came to do. Continued Prayers for X family and friends for strength/healing.” A post shared by Swizz Beatz Twitter, Missy Elliott wrote, “Even though you had battles you touched so many through your music, and when you would pray so many people felt that! This is heavy for the hip-hop family but your legacy lives on and spirit.
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