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Steve Rifkind May Have Made Epic Mistake With Uncle Ray Copeland & DMX’s Funeral

Steve Rifkind calls Uncle Ray Copeland “a liar” over DMX’s funeral expenses, but will “receipts” tell a new truth? Steve Rifkind and Uncle Ray Copeland are two men who were close to the late, great ...
AllHipHop

Steve Rifkind Denies Def Jam & Swizz Beatz Refused To Pay DMX’s Funeral Expenses

Steve Rifkind denied claims that Def Jam and Swizz Beatz refused to pay for DMX’s funeral, saying they covered most of the costs. The music executive set the record straight on social media over the ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Steve Rifkind Hits Back At DMX's Uncle Funeral Payment Claims

When DMX was laid to rest in June of 2021 it was said that Def Jam covered the cost of the $35,000 funeral. But recently X’s former manager and uncle, Ray Copeland said that it was he and others who ...
NME

DMX’s funeral costs were reportedly covered by his label Def Jam

DMX‘s private funeral service was reportedly paid for by his record label Def Jam. The New York rapper, whose real name was Earl Simmons, passed away in April at the age of 50 after suffering a heart ...
Rolling Out

Def Jam paid for DMX’s funeral

DMX‘s record company paid for his funeral. The rapper and actor tragically died in April at the age of 50, a week after he was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack, and it’s been revealed that ...
Daily Mail

DMX's $35K funeral in New York was paid for by his label Def Jam Recordings

DMX's record company paid for his funeral at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The rapper and actor tragically passed away in April aged 50, a week after he was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack, ...
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Def Jam Recordings Paid $35,000 for DMX’s Funeral – Report

Def Jam Recordings, DMX's record label, covered the tab for the late rapper's funeral services with zero hesitation. According to a report from TMZ on Monday (June 21), the label spent over $35,000 ...
Uproxx

Def Jam Reportedly Paid Over $35K For DMX’s Funeral

After DMX passed in April, the late rapper was given a hero’s sendoff, complete with a monster truck to carry his casket to the touching memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena which ...
Complex

Def Jam Reportedly Spent Over $35,000 for DMX’s Private Funeral

DMX’s longtime label Def Jam reportedly covered the tab for the late rapper’s private funeral. TMZ reports the label spent over $35,000 for DMX’s memorial celebration. Apparently, Def Jam took ...
Complex

Swizz Beatz: DMX ‘Came Through Me’ for Passionate Message About Fake People at Funeral

Swizz Beatz put fake friends and fair-weather family members on notice at DMX’s funeral. During a recent appearance on Drink Champs, Swizz told the show’s co-hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN that he felt ...
British GQ

Scenes from DMX’s funeral: Sunday Service, touching tributes and a Ruff Ryders reunion

In the end, it was only right that DMX’s public funeral would be a Very Special Sunday Service. As pointed out in GQ’s obituary, DMX put God in radio singles and No. 1 albums well before Kanye West ...