DMX's 8-Year-Old Daughter Sonovah Performs His Track 'Slippin' as She Fills in for Him at Texas Gig

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DMX’s legacy appears to be in good hands, two months after the rapperdied in April.

The three-time Grammy Award nominee’s daughter Sonovah Hillman Jr., 8, filled in for her dad Saturday, during a gig he was set to perform at Wildcatter Saloon in Katy, Texas. She performed a cover of her dad’s 1998 track “Slippin'” in a pink tutu and a t-shirt printed with an image of herself and the late rapper.

“Thank you so much @wildcatter_saloon I won’t ever forget you giving me the opportunity,” Sonovahwroteon Instagram. “My first concert forever grateful big thank you and shout out to Justin, John, Carmen, and Scott. When I make it big I’m coming back. I promise. #FOREVERDMX”

She previouslystole the showat hismemorial service, performing a song entitled “Hold My Head Up,” which she wrote for her dad. “I’m growing, I’m learning, to hold my head up. My daddy’s still holding my hand so I gotta get up,” Sonovah sang in the rap.

DMXdiedFriday, April 9 at White Plains Hospital in New York, one week after hewas hospitalizedafter suffering a heart attack and put on life support. He was 50.

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source: people.com