Members of the Erie hip-hop community look back on rapper's legacy
by Charles Brown
As if America hasn't dealt with enough heartbreaking news over the past year, we still find ourselves taking curveball after curveball, becoming more unsure of the future. But let's focus the scope on hip-hop, a genre that's claimed to be "the sound that runs the world." Fans all over are constantly anticipating the big next song or arguing who is the greatest to ever put the pen to the test. And as always, the culture never lets go of its legends even after their passing. From borough to borough, murals are painted all over to commemorate our street poets in order to keep hip-hop alive. And we'll continue to do so as we have lost one of the rawest talents to ever blaze the scene. That artist, my friends, is none other than Earl Simmons — aka DMX — who passed away on April 9 of this year due to an apparent overdose. Details of what drug caused his untimely demise have not been disclosed.