DMX‘s 7-year-old son Exodus has paid tribute to the late Ruff Ryders legend by delivering a piano cover of one of X’s biggest hits.
The rapper’s fiancée, Desiree Lindstrom, posted a heart-melting video on Instagram on Monday (December 18) — what would’ve been X’s 53rd birthday — of Exodus playing “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” on the keys.
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“Happy Birthday Earl! Thinking of you always, but especially today. You was New York!!! Exodus tribute to you! (X gonna give it to ya) We love you baby! #ForeverX,” she wrote in the caption.
Exodus — who is the youngest of DMX’s 15 children — adorably stated in the clip: “I’m gonna play my daddy’s song, ‘X Gon’ Give It To Ya.'”
Fans were emotional in the comments section as they ate up the cute clip, with one writing: “Wowwwwwwwwwww X you sooooo dope man lovin yo energy ova here fam!”
Another added: “God Bless!! What a talented young king!”
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“X Gon’ Give It To Ya” arrived in 2002 as the lead single from the soundtrack to Cradle 2 The Grave, which DMX starred in alongside Jet Li, Paige Hurd, Anthony Anderson and more.
It also appeared as a bonus track on the rapper’s Grand Champ album and greatest hits compilation The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter.
Produced by Shatek, the rowdy anthem would go on to peak at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since been certified double platinum.
DMX’s Cradle 2 the Grave co-star Paige Hurd actually asked him to be he adoptive godfather after she played his daughter in the 2003 action film, and he happily obliged.
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On Father’s Day in 2016, Hurd surprised X by having his handwritten lyrics to her favorite X track, “Right/Wrong,” tattooed on her stomach. Fittingly, that song also landed on the Cradle 2 the Grave soundtrack.
DMX tragically passed away at the age of 50 in April 2021 from a drug-induced heart attack.
