Stacey Dash and DMX.Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty; Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty
Stacey Dashis sharing her feelings about the death ofDMX.
Ina videoshared to a TikTok account appearing to belong to the actress, Dash, 55, broke down in tears while admitting that she just recently learned about the rapper’s death last year.
“I’m ashamed,” she said through tears. “I didn’t know…. DMX died, I didn’t know—from a cocaine overdose.”
She continued, “I am today six years and one month clean. It breaks my heart, it breaks my heart, he lost to it, he lost, he lost to that demon of addiction please, please don’t lose.”
In the caption to the video, which was also shared on anInstagramaccount appearing to belong to her, theCluelessactress shared how she came to find out the news.
“I was strolling through#tiktokand found a#DMXsong that has saved me many times,” she wrote. “Suddenly it says#RIPi know I am late, i did not know he passed away, he#ODI am heartbroken - he was such a great guy.”
DMXdied on April 9, 2021at the age of 50 a week after he was hospitalized in grave condition after suffering a heart attack at his home, his attorney Murray Richman toldNBC Newsthe following day.
Last October, Dash opened up about her own struggles with addiction as she celebrated five years of sobriety onThe Dr. Oz Show.
In conversation with the host, Dash revealed she was taking between 18 and 20 Vicodin pills per day at one point.
DMX.Mitchell Gerber/Corbis/VCG via Getty
“I’m not blaming doctors at all because it was my choice to take more, you know?” she toldDr. Oz.“It was my choice to take that extra one even though I wasn’t in pain. I chose to do that because the Vicodin filled that hole inside of me.”
She continued, “It filled that anger. It calmed that anger down. It slowed my brain down. It gave me the ease so that I could deal with life. That’s how I became addicted. It’s no one’s fault but my own.”
When Oz, 61, replied, “18-20 Vicodin a day — that’s expensive,” Dash agreed, saying “I lost everything.”
Dash had previously shared her history with addiction, tellingPEOPLEin 2016 that she was offered her first line of cocaine at 16 years old.
“I couldn’t find happiness,” she said at the time. “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.’ "
Dash told Oz that her parents had also struggled with addiction, and that she better understood them after her own experience.
Dash added, “I encourage anyone who has a story they are scared of telling to share it with the world. You never know who will be able to relate to you and who it can help.”
source: people.com
