

Given the circumstances of DMX’s life, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that according to him, he used an illegal substance for the first time when he was 14-years-old. In fact, according to DMX, he would wander the streets of New York at night to avoid the abuse he suffered and would seek out the affection of the stray dogs he would come across. You can’t forgive yourself if you don’t know how to forgive.”Īccording to what DMX has said about his childhood in the past, he never felt loved by anyone aside from his grandmother. But until you learn how to forgive others, you can’t forgive yourself. “I personally struggle with forgiving my parents. During a 2019 GQ interview, DMX touched on the abuse he suffered as a child. Unfortunately, DMX has spent years on end trying to overcome serious addiction issues that largely stem from things that happened to him as a kid. Based on all of the success DMX once enjoyed, he should have had the world on a string.
