DMX

2022 - 8 - 31

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Stacey Dash breaks down in emotional video about sobriety after ... (EW.com)

Stacey Dash shared an emotional video addressing DMX's death in which she broke down about her own sobriety after finding out the rapper died one year ago.

"At that time in my life, it was who I was. And I realized in 2016 that anger is unsustainable, and it will destroy you. [called for an end to Black History Month](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-clueless-actress-stacey-dash-black-history-month-20160120-story.html), and [praised Trump's comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rfK8Oi9wUw) about the 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Va. What people don't know is I made a lot of mistakes because of that anger." "It got to a point where I didn't even want to live anymore. The voice in my head was saying, 'There's nothing here for you.'" "You did and we love that you're still here with us." It breaks my heart that he lost to it. He lost to that demon.... [PEOPLE](https://people.com/tv/stacey-dash-on-abuse-addiction-and-her-near-abortion/), telling the publication that she was first offered the drug at the age of 16 after experiencing sexual abuse as a child when she was growing up in the South Bronx in New York. "I am, today, six years and one month clean, and it breaks my heart. [Stacey Dash](https://ew.com/person/stacey-dash/) has opened up about her own sobriety journey in a new video in which she breaks down after finding out that rap legend [DMX](https://ew.com/person/dmx/) suffered a [cocaine-induced heart attack](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/22/magazine/dmx-death.html#:~:text=The%20moral%20price%20of%20life,a%20cocaine%2Dinduced%20heart%20attack.) in [April 2021](https://ew.com/music/dmx-dies-at-50/).

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Stacey Dash sobs as she learns DMX died — more than a year ago (Page Six)

Stacey Dash revealed on TikTok that she just found out DMX died in April 2021. "This brings in a whole new meaning to Clueless," one fan quipped.

“He loved his family with all of his heart and we cherish the times we spent with him.” “You are 1 of 1.” “i did not know he passed away,” she went on to write. “He lost to it. He lost to that demon of addiction. [left in a “vegetative state.”](https://pagesix.com/2021/04/05/dmx-remains-in-a-vegetative-state-after-drug-overdose/)

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Everyone Makes the Same 'Clueless' Joke About Stacey Dash Over ... (Newsweek)

Stacey Dash shared a tearful TikTok video reacting to DMX's death more than a year after it happened.

"I feel like Stacey Dash just wanted us to see her new skin color," wrote @Darikeon, gaining 12,000 likes for the observation. Radio host Reese Waters offered an idea for Dash to redeem herself. were just some of the messages playing on her best-known role. The rapper died on April 9, 2021. [MyPillow](https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-says-walmart-wants-destroy-him-stock-communist-pillows-1717050) ads and [Herschel Walker](https://www.newsweek.com/herschel-walker-blasts-scaredy-cat-raphael-warnock-georgia-debates-1738651) sharpening crayons." "I guess Stacey Dash Clueless after all," "Stacey Dash still living in her Clueless role," "Acting literally clueless," and "Stacey Dash took the word 'Clueless' and ran with it huh?"

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Stacey Dash Breaks Down in Tears After Learning DMX Died Over a ... (E! Online)

While DMX died more than a year ago, in April 2021, Clueless actress Stacey Dash just learned of his passing. See her tearful reaction to the news below.

[celebrating five years of sobriety](https://www.eonline.com/news/1306022/clueless-stacey-dash-recalls-taking-18-to-20-pills-a-day-amid-her-addiction-battle?query=stacey%20dash). News App](https://eonline.onelink.me/ItsS/1b3e9f57) [opened up about her battle with drug addiction](https://www.eonline.com/news/1306022/clueless-stacey-dash-recalls-taking-18-to-20-pills-a-day-amid-her-addiction-battle?query=stacey%20dash), telling [Dr. She also shared that she "was taking 18 to 20 pills a day" at one point, and no one knew. "I didn't know DMX died," she explained. "Suddenly it says #RIP i know I am late, i did not know he passed away, he #OD I am heartbroken - he was such a great guy."

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Stacey Dash just got word that rapper DMX died a year ago (Los Angeles Times)

Stacey Dash, left, at the Hollywood Palladium in February 2020 and DMX in Atlanta in February 2021. (Willy Sanjuan / Associated Press; Prince Williams / Getty ...

She also appeared in the “Kanye West: College Dropout — Video Anthology” in 2005 and Marques Houston’s [“Favorite Girl”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAcCME-BbAI) in 2007. Dash is no stranger to the 1990s rap and R&B music scene. “I was strolling through #tiktok and found a #DMX song that has saved me many times,” the 55-year-old wrote in the clip’s caption. “It breaks my heart that he lost to it. I’m bugged out though, how come she looks like a Woman named ‘Karen’? “How she not know?? is she that ‘Clueless’ or out of touch with The Black Community?? [wrote](https://www.tiktok.com/@3rdegreeofficial/video/7138262994814881066?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7138262994814881066) TikTok creator [3rdegreeofficial](https://www.tiktok.com/@3rdegreeofficial/video/7138262994814881066), adding a video that quipped “had she been watching BET she would’ve known.” He lost to that demon of addiction. I didn’t know... [Kim Hitt’s song “You Don’t Know.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOLh7DvEqpM) “I didn’t know. I didn’t know DMX died.

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Stacey Dash 'devastated' after learning DMX died... more than a ... (Daily Mail)

The Clueless actress, 55, grieved the loss in video posted to TikTok and admitted she was aware she was 'late' to learn of his passing but still ...

Suddenly it says #RIP i know I am late, i did not know he passed away, he #OD I am heartbroken - he was such a great guy. Heartbroken: In the caption, she wrote: 'I was strolling through #tiktok and found a #DMX song that has saved me many times. In the caption, she wrote: 'I was strolling through #tiktok and found a #DMX song that has saved me many times. I don't watch tv or read the news. I didn't know from a cocaine overdose. 'I'm ashamed, I didn't know DMX died.

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