Congratulations are to ensure that DMX’s goddaughter, actress Paige Hurd, who’s formally a spouse.
The “Energy” actress and her longtime boyfriend, Phoenix Suns ahead Royce O’Neale, each 33, married on July 18, 2026. The couple acquired engaged months earlier in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Pictures from Hurd’s wedding ceremony are circulating on-line due to DMX’s ex-wife of 15 years, Tashera Simmons.
Hurd and O’Neal’s wedding ceremony featured a romantic, fairytale environment with cascading white florals, glowing candlelight, and chic ballroom décor.
Crystal chandeliers, grand fireplaces, and comfortable lighting created an opulent backdrop, whereas the all-white aesthetic gave the celebration a timeless, intimate really feel, in accordance with footage Simmons shared on-line.
Royce O’Neale and Paige Hurd acquired married and celebrated the event enjoying Nonetheless Tippin pic.twitter.com/AqSADCeGJD
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) July 19, 2026
The Simmons embraced Hurd as a goddaughter after assembly on the set of the 2003 movie, “Cradle 2 the Grave.” DMX and Hurd fashioned an in depth relationship as co-stars, with DMX changing into a father-type determine in her life.
Hurd usually tells the story of the time X took her and her sister to Six Flags to bond earlier than filming. After a wild journey there and getting kicked out earlier than getting in, they spent the day at a mall and KFC as an alternative. Their relationship grew so shut they acquired matching tattoos of his lyrics in his handwriting.
“I’m in all probability one in all of the one kids in historical past who has created and made her personal godparents. My dad and mom didn’t select; I selected them,” Hurd stated at his funeral in 2021.
“We had a bond that was unmatched,” she expressed. “I really like him a lot. I don’t have many phrases but as a result of I nonetheless don’t really feel like that is actual.”
On Instagram, Hurd added, “I really like you a lot. I’m so proud to be your goddaughter. You’re aside of my world and my coronary heart aches terribly lately and can by no means cease.”
Subsequently, Hurd’s incorporation of her godfather and his music throughout her large day made the second extra particular.
Tashera attended the marriage together with her and DMX’s 4 kids.
“Lovely method to incorporate her godfather,” wrote Tashera over a video of Hurd strolling down the aisle to a violinist enjoying DMX’s music.
Hurd walked down the aisle to “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” from the “Cradle 2 the Grave” soundtrack.
“Enjoying DMX w/ strings whereas strolling down the aisle was chef’s kiss,” agreed one other fan. “DMX is wanting down proud,” added a 3rd particular person.
Music followers conversant in DMX’s uncooked hip-hop and deeply private ideas, prayers, and sermons about his life puzzled what his speech would have been like.
DMX & his goddaughter Paige Hurd. ❤️ A bond constructed on love and loyalty. 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/DKMUC9seRA
— Truethingz™️ (@Manlike_Solz) July 19, 2026
“The speech her godfather would’ve given … my god,” stated one particular person.
“Aaaaaaywwwwwww simply think about how DMX would have acted at this lovely wedding ceremony lmfaoooo,” one other wrote.
DMX died on April 9, 2021, on the age of fifty after struggling a cocaine-induced coronary heart assault.
Hurd admitted she wasn’t in search of a relationship when she met O’Neal in 2024, throughout an interview following the engagement.
After promising herself and her therapist she would take a break from courting whereas specializing in her religion, she initially stored O’Neale within the pal zone.
“After some time, he received me over, and we’ve been actually inseparable ever since. That’s my finest pal first,” the “Magnificence Store” star instructed Folks.
For O’Neal, she was his “lifelong crush.”
The NBA star first launched his Hurd as his girlfriend on social media on New Yr’s Day, Jan. 2025, saying he was “grateful and grateful for the highs and the lows.”
He hooked up pictures of him and Hurd from what seems to be a cool Christmas photoshoot with Hurd.
He instructed Folks, “Couple years in the past me and my buddies have been speaking. I discussed to them in the future I’ll meet her, date her and marry her. After all, they thought I used to be joking, however I used to be severe — it was simply the very fact we needed to meet one another in particular person.”
“I knew I wished to marry Paige and spend the remainder of my life together with her,” O’Neal added.
