Editing DMX (section)

===Religion===
DMX was a born-again Christian,<ref name=readsbible>{{cite news | last=Weber | first=Katherine | url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/rapper-dmx-reads-bible-verses-to-struggling-fan-on-los-angeles-street-video-106611/ | title=Rapper DMX Reads Bible Verses to Struggling Fan on Los Angeles Street | date=October 14, 2013 | work=[[The Christian Post]] | access-date=April 10, 2021 | archive-date=April 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411085956/https://www.christianpost.com/news/rapper-dmx-reads-bible-verses-to-struggling-fan-on-los-angeles-street-video-106611/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and stated that he read the Bible every day.<ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=wuhfMSACPgU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wuhfMSACPgU| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live| title=Jailhouse Interview of DMX | work=[[Fox 10 Phoenix]] | via=[[YouTube]] | date=January 13, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=calling>{{cite news|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/rapper.dmx.says.life.calling.is.to.be.a.pastor/22333.htm|title=Rapper DMX says life calling is to be a pastor|work=[[Christian Today]]|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=April 10, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410064016/https://www.christiantoday.com/article/rapper.dmx.says.life.calling.is.to.be.a.pastor/22333.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://faithfullymagazine.com/dmx-sermon-god/ |title=DMX Reveals Pleading With God to Change His Life in 'First-Ever' Sermon |work=Faithfully |last=Menzie |first=Nicola A. |date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925035128/https://faithfullymagazine.com/dmx-sermon-god/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While in jail, DMX stated that he had a purpose for being there: {{Blockquote|"I came here to meet somebody...Don't know who it was, but I'll know when I see him. And I came here to give him a message. And that message is Jesus loves them."<ref name=calling/>}} DMX was a [[transitional deacon]] and aspired to become ordained as a pastor, stating that he received this [[Religious calling|call]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breathecast.com/articles/dmx-pastor-aspirations-rap-god-eminem-13455/ |title=DMX Talks About Becoming a Pastor and How He Feels about Eminem Being 'Rap God' |last=Law |first=Jeannie |work=Breathecast |date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=August 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807000432/http://www.breathecast.com/articles/dmx-pastor-aspirations-rap-god-eminem-13455/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, he gave a sermon at a church in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/rapper-dmx-preaches-at-church-in-phoenix-about-miracles-and-tragedy-video.html | title=Rapper DMX Preaches at Church in Phoenix About Miracles and Tragedy (Video) | first=Jeannie | last=Law | work=[[The Christian Post]] | date=August 22, 2016 | access-date=January 7, 2024 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002022/https://www.christianpost.com/news/rapper-dmx-preaches-at-church-in-phoenix-about-miracles-and-tragedy-video.html | url-status=live }}</ref>