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Simmons, 50, died on April 9 after suffering a
heart attack a week earlier, which many media outlets initially
attributed to a drug overdose.
The memorial at the Barclays Center will be closed to the public
but will be streamed live on DMX's YouTube account at 4 p.m. ET
(2000 GMT). A second event will be broadcast live on BET Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. ET (1830 GMT) from an undisclosed church in the New
York City area.
His chart-topping songs included "Party Up (Up in Here)" and "X
Gon' Give It To Ya." The Yonkers, New York native's career had
been marked by legal troubles and prison time, and a
well-publicized struggle with drug addiction.
The musician's family, in a statement to People magazine, said
he died at New York's White Plains Hospital with family by his
side.
Fans had gathered for days before his death, holding prayer
vigils outside the suburban New York hospital, where he had been
reported on life support and in a coma.
His rap career had an impressive start, with his debut album in
1998 "It's Dark and Hell is Hot," listed as number one on the
Billboard 200 chart in the United States. It sold more than 5
million copies.
Along with being mourned by fans around the world, his death
spurred an outpouring of condolences from stars such as Chance
the Rapper who said on social media, "Rest in Heaven DMX."
(Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; editing by Diane Craft)
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