This past Sunday, rap and hip hop icon DMX was remembered in a ‘Homegoing Celebration’ service, which kicked off with a major announcement.

“Erica Ford, the co-founder of Life Camp, an organization established to prevent gun violence and Priscilla Echi, a Westchester community activist disclosed that the New York State Senate has officially declared December 18th — DMX’s birthday — Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons Day,” Revolt’s Christopher Harris writes.

Harris adds, “Senate Resolution 631 — Mourning the untimely death of DMX legendary New York rap icon and talented actor — was introduced on the NYS Senate floor on Tuesday, April 20 by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and sponsored by Senator Jamaal T. Bailey.”

During Sunday’s service, Harris writes that Ford also relayed multiple other proclamations from government officials to the Simmons’ family: “From the governors office, we have the flag that was flying the day that he died to be presented to his family.

“We have a citation from the governor’s office for his oldest son and one for his father.”

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