Earl Simmons…aka DMX platinum selling, multimillion dollar
making hip hop artist of the 90’s was just featured on Iyanla Vanzant’s Fix My
Life which aired on OWN network Saturday April 13, 2013. His story was so
remarkable and if you haven’t seen it I challenge you all to watch it and not
be judgmental as you watch.
DMX’s drug addiction was put on display; however there is
clearly a deeper hurt that has consumed him. Childhood hurts have affected him
mentally and have not allowed him to forgive and forget the actions that
started with his own mother. As a child DMX was sent to a group home at the age
of seven. During the interview his emotions are at an all-time high when trying
to tell the story. He relates his issues with his mother “not wanting him” to
the way he expressed his love with his girlfriend who is now his estranged wife.
When he fell in love with his wife he was so afraid that she would leave him;
just like his mother. His feelings of rejection never allowed him to fully have
a successful relationship.
