Fan’s ‘authentic and candid’ encounter with DMX on flight goes viral

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 6 April, Jennifer Fraser shared a thread about an "authentic and candid" run-in she had with DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, who is currently still in intensive care following a heart attack that occurred last Friday. Meeting DMX on a flight to San Diego, Fraser wrote how someone “famous with his entourage in tow” sat down next to her. “D, the letter?” she asked, to which the rapper replied, “Yes, D, DMX.” “He asked me what I was reading,” Fraser wrote, continuing how the two “got into a discussion about social media” and "discussed race and his incarceration”. “We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, passed away at 50 years old at White Plains Hospital with his family by his side after being placed on life support for the past few days,” the family told People in a statement.