Tashera Simmons on DMX: How Strong Women Lose Themselves In Love
Angie Martinez IRL
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Author and wife of hip-hop legend DMX, Tashera Simmons sits down with Angie Martinez to talk about the ups and downs of being married to DMX, setting boundaries, and learning how to say no. Tashera also hits on her bond with Irv Gotti’s wife, Debbie, her relationship with God, and finding purpose in her life outside of marriage. Finally, Tashera answers questions from our IRL Bowl of Questions, and explains why living in the moment is the most important skill to have.
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| 0:35.7 | What do you think about the term ride or die? |
| 0:39.7 | Because we were fed that. |
| 0:40.9 | Our generation was fed that so hard. |
| 0:43.7 | Like, ride or die? |
| 0:44.8 | Doesn't X have... |
| 0:46.1 | Ride or die. |
| 0:47.5 | And guess what? |
| 0:48.2 | I love to be that ride or die chick, but I'll tell you, that's, that's over. |
| 0:53.0 | Like, I'm done. |
| 0:53.8 | I'm done being a ride or die that's, that's over. Like, I'm done. I'm done being a rider die. |
| 0:56.1 | Is rider dying this, like, is that overrated? |
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| 1:00.8 | Ride or die is overrated. |
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| 1:10.9 | My girl was in the room for it all. The number one albums are sold out tours, the lows that the public never saw. |
| 1:17.9 | She is the ex-wife of hip-hop icon DMX. And for the first time, she's telling me the full story, hers, her children's, and she's telling the story in her new |
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