DMX honored with a street named after him in Yonkers

DMX street naming in Yonkers

Yonkers is giving DMX a permanent place in its geography. According to Pitchfork, the corner of School Street and Brooke Street will be renamed "Earl DMX Simmons Way" in honor of the late rapper. The renaming is a formal recognition of the city's most prominent hip-hop legacy, honoring an artist whose connection to Yonkers defined much of his public identity throughout his career.

A city claiming its own

For fans of DMX, the street renaming is more than a symbolic gesture. It roots the rapper's memory in the neighborhood where he grew up and built the raw, street-level persona that made albums like It's Dark and Hell Is Hot landmarks of late-90s hip-hop. Cities have long used this kind of civic honor to formalize cultural legacy, and Yonkers is now permanently on the map as DMX's home in a way that goes beyond biography.

No official date for the renaming ceremony was confirmed in the sourced report.