Aaliyah’s mother reacts to DMX’s death: ‘You and baby girl will meet again’
The IndependentSign 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. After Aaliyah's death, DMX appeared in a posthumous music video for “Miss You”, a track Aaliyah initially recorded in the fall of 1999. – Aaliyah's Mom.” “Dearest, sweet Aaliyah,” DMX says in the opening moments of “Miss You”. I miss you.” Following his death, DMX’s family shared the news with The Associated Press on Friday, a week after the rapper suffered a heart attack that left him on life support. “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.