Tashera Draughn met Earl Simmons when she was just 11 years old. She dated him for 10 years before marrying the man who would later gain fame as rapper DMX.
During a recent conversation with CBN, Tashera shared about her marriage to the hip hop legend.
"This was always his dream. He knew that he was gifted with his talent, which I didn't really see it for what it was until it actually, really happened. But he said, 'This is how we going to make it out the hood,'" Tashera said.
She recalled how married life started off easily, then turned into a nightmare after DMX's meteoric rise in the music world. "In an industry where it is the devil's playground, where morals and values are out the window, I watched my best friend gain the world," she explained.
It is widely known that DMX struggle

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