The tragic and sudden passing of DMX shook the entertainment world.
He was so loved by many around the world and his passing will sting for a lot.
DMX was extremely open about his mental health and substance abuse issues and now that he has passed, many people want to know why his label, Def Jam, didn’t do anything to help him considering he pretty much saved the label.
Russell Simmons who was Def Jam’s co0-founder commented on DMX’s passing and said that he wished the label helped him saying
“I feel like he saved us but we didn’t save him. We should have given him more love. And we have to be responsible to the next DMX. This has to be a teachable moments,”
Too often, companies only care about you when you’re making them money and that’s pretty much the only thing they care about. They don’t care how you’re doing personally or mentally and only care about how much money you can make them.
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