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Late hip-hop legend DMX's passing is causing emotional moments on a whole nother level. A heartwarming photo of the New York rapper and his fiance Desiree Lin

Share DMX + Fiancee Kiss In Uncovered Photo Desiree shared the intimate moment through Instagramand accompanied it with a message providing context around why she decided to post it. Lindstrom spoke to DMX in her message, confessing that she missed waking up to his kisses and that life just wasnt the same without him. Woke up missing your kisses! Life is completely not the same without you omg I miss you so much! This is the hardest thing ever!!!! A post shared by Desiree Lindstrom (@desi123love) Kanye West Raises $1 Million For DMXs Family Earlier this week, reports surfaced about rap star Kanye Wests Yeezy apparel brand partnering with fashion house Balenciaga to produce tribute shirts for DMX which went on sale the day of DMXs public memorial service in Brooklyn. The shirts retailed for 2 hundred dollars and reportedly sold out in 24 hours. They raked in 1 million dollars in profit for the family of the American Music Award winner, who died on April 9 at 50 years old. DMX Now Officially Has A Day A few days ago, New York stepped up as a city to honor the late hip-hop icon in a special way The New York State Senate has reportedly declared a national day for the rapper and will officially recognize it from this point on. From here on out, New York will honor December 18th the late hip-hop icons birthday as DMX Day. The news was announced by Erica Ford, co-founder of gun violence prevention organization Life Camp, and Priscilla Echi, a Westchester community activist, during a church service on Sunday, April 25th. The service was aired on BET as DMXs Homegoing Celebration. ( ) Funeral Event Includes Nas + Eve Earlier this month, DMXs closest friends and family pulled through to celebrate his lifeat the Barclays Center. The livestream emotional event featured appearances by some of the biggest names in rap including Nas, Eve, Swizz Beatz and the Ruff Ryders. The 90-minute ceremony, which streamed live on YouTube, opened with a viral video of DMX and one of his daughters riding the Slingshot roller coaster as he eased her fears. Daddys here, he said. In an emotional moment, his 15 children came together to remember their father including Xavier Simmons, DMXs eldest child, and another one of his daughters, who paid tribute to her dad with a rap in the cadence of Xs 1998 hit Slippin. ( Read more