DMX’s ex-wife Tashera Simmons grieves with a heartfelt message: “Everything we went through was necessary”

DMX’s ex-wife, Tashera Simmons, paid tribute to her “best friend” and “mentor” on Instagram. This move came one day after the rapper’s tragic death. He was 50 years old.

The day could have been an eventful one as it was her 50th birthday, but it became a day of grieving for Tashera. She shares 4 children with the late “Party Up” artist. She honored DMX with a beautiful montage of old family photos and a heartfelt message.

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“Happy 50th birthday to me,” Tashera wrote in the caption, using the crying and broken heart emoji. Her poignant video was about the triumphs and hardships she’s faced in the first 50 years of her life, which now includes the death of DMX. “Now, I also celebrate my ex-husband, my best friend, my spiritual partner, my mentor,” Tashera says in the video over photos of their 1999 wedding and more sweet moments.

“I also thank god for his life, and his peace, and his journey, and his life lessons that [were] passed on, and will live on for generations,” she added. In her caption, Tashera wrote that she was “crying” and experiencing a “rollercoaster of emotions” on her birthday. “I couldn’t bring myself to just celebrate and close the last 50yrs of my life without celebrating the life of one of the most important person in the world to me, my ex-husband,” she wrote.

“I am so grateful to God and Honored from the bottom of my heart, for the opportunity while on this journey called life to join hands in marriage with a true disciple and Angel of God to do life with when we did,” she continued. “Everything we went through was necessary. It made me the woman I am today.” Tashera and DMX (real name Earl Simmons) divorced in 2004 and are the parents of four kids together: Xavier, 28, Tacoma, 21, Sean, 18, and Praise Mary Ella, 15.