NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Rapper DMX performs onstage at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 23, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. By THR Staff Sign ...

Based in Philadelphia, Dope Shows has become some of the most prolific independent show promoters in the nation. 3 days ago "DMX sat down with our team and was completely uncensored," she said. "We ...

This isn't so much a small DMX story -- because it goes on for a bit -- as it is a minor DMX story. The rapper and actor born Earl Simmons died Friday at age 50.

Expected guests include Rev. Al Sharpton and the families of Breanna Taylor, Jacob Blake, Eric Garner, Botham Jean and Terence Crutcher.