Legendary Rapper DMX, who passed away last Friday will be honored with a memorial service.
The memorial service will be held at Yonker’s raceway and there are talks about a street name or statue after him. DMX’s family is planning to have both a private and public ceremony. As the city has welcomed the late rapper’s family to hold the memorial service in the hometown if they wanted.
TMZ reported that a source close to DMX’s family has revealed that a meeting will take place today (Monday) to finalize possible plans. Mayor Mike Spano expressed that he was in favor of DMX’s family holding a memorial service at Yonkers Raceway. It is the city’s largest outdoor venue and feels as though it’s the right way to send off the rap star. Spano said Yonkers wanted to help out the rapper’s family and anything they need, including using the horse racing facility if they wanted to do so. Yonkers wants to make sure DMX’s memory will live on forever in the city so that the next generation can know who he is and get inspiration.
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